# No larynx - can you still whisper?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-larynx-can-you-still-whisper/340294 "2006-01-17T01:36:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-larynx-can-you-still-whisper/340294/1 "2006-01-17T01:36:43Z")

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When I whisper, I don’t feel as if I’m making use of my vocal chords. Yet I once met a man who had his larynx removed because of (I think) throat cancer and even though it was just a few of us in a quiet setting, he did not attempt to communicate via whisper.

So is there any reason why a larynxless person couldn’t still communicate via whispers?

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-larynx-can-you-still-whisper/340294/2 "2006-01-17T01:44:33Z")

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It is true that whispering does not involve the vocal cords. Therefore, I would _think_ that a person with vocal cord injury could still whisper.