Novel Research Involving Cicadas Explores Way to Restore Silenced Voices (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Novel Research Involving Cicadas Explores Way to Restore Silenced Voices

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Vanderbilt researchers studied the wings of cicadas to aid in developing a surgical planning tool to help restore speech for people with vocal fold paralysis.

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Photo by Mary Donaldson, Vanderbilt

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