Artificial Larynx
Artificial Larynx
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- Description
- VoiceBak is an artificial larynx trademarked and manufactured by LaBarge, Inc., of St. Louis. It was designed by Stanley Taub, a plastic surgeon in New York, and introduced to market in 1973. The cost to surgeons was $950.
- Ref: Stanley Taub, “Voice Prosthesis,” U.S. Patent 3,747,127 (July 24, 1973).
- Stacy V. Jones, “Artificial Larynx Allows Speech That Is Effortless,” New York Times (July 28, 1973), pp. 31 and 37.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Prosthesis, Voice Bak
- larynx, artificial
- prosthesis
- Other Terms
- Prosthesis, Voice Bak; Medicine
- maker
- LaBarge, Inc.
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 13.6525 cm x 7.3025 cm
- ID Number
- MG.306407.01
- catalog number
- 306407.01
- accession number
- 306407
- Credit Line
- LaBarge, Inc.
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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