You know how u can get one of those box thingsw to hold up to your voice box and make a cool computer type voice?
would they work for people without problems like me?
anyone know where i could get one?
Must … resist … won’t … give … in … to … the obvious…
gee well im sorry.
i thought it was just a thing you hold to your larynx that gives your vocal chords a kick start.
Heh, i’m just resisting reciting the Denis Leary bit about voice boxes and throat cancer. 
Anyways, i don’t know where to get them or what they are even called, but they have nothing to do with a tracheotomy. A tracheotomy is when they cut a hole in your throat and insert a tube so you can breathe.
-Dani
thanks dani.
i love ‘No Cure For Cancer’…
To actually answer your question… (which is about artificial voice aids and not tracheotomies, but if you already had all the answers you wouldn’t have to ask, would you?)
Yes, it would work for you, even if you don’t have problems producing a natural voice (other problems it will not help you with). It sets up a tone which you then modify with your tongue, teeth, lips, etc. as you do the tone produced naturally by your vocal cords.
No, I don’t know where to get one. Try asking at a rehabilitation facility. Support groups for people with voice-box and other throat cancers would also know. But you might want to phrase your request in a respectful manner - the people who actually do need to use these probably aren’t as thrilled by the “cool computer voice” as you are.
My dad was a victim of throat cancer.
(No, I’m not about ta flame ya… just setting up how I know about this.)
Medical equipment companies can point you in the right direction. The same fols who can sell you hospital beds, ostomy supplies, etc. Or contact the American Cancer Society or a group called “Lost Chords”. Check the internet for the latter if there’s no chapter in your area.
Also, they’re not cheap either!
My dad’s cost him $450.00, and that was in 1976 dollars!
Add to that, they’re not easy to use if you’re to be understood. Dad went through a lot of rehab; learning how to precisely use his mouth, tongue and lips to make the words sound intelligible. The first day he got it, I asked him how the training went, and he said “AAAAAAA”.
He really tried to say “all right”, but it just sounded like a metalic buzz. Much like an electric engraving pen.
And please be very, very careful about phrasing your request and how you decide to use it.
In my more violent days, if I saw someone making fun of the way my dad talked with his handheld voicebox, I’d have pummelled them into a puddle on the sidewalk; whilst gently reminding them that they “oughtn’t be disrespectful”.
Thankfully, I’ve mellowed.
Now, a simple shot to the side of the neck will do fine.