Banking on My Voice: Life with Motor Neurone Disease.

Ian Barry, Sarah El-Wahsh

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

The tongue may not move, but the voice will: preoperative AI voice cloning for identity preservation in major glossectomy - a prospective feasibility study.Frontiers in oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ian BarryAustralian Director of Film and TV, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Sarah El-WahshSpeech Pathology, Aged Health Chronic Care & Rehabilitation, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Hospital Road, Concord, Sydney, NSW 2139, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This perspective paper presents a first-person account of life with motor neurone disease (MND). Through the lens of lived experience, it explores the complex and often prolonged diagnostic journey, shaped in part by the protective grip of denial. This paper then delves into the emotional impact of MND on the individual and their close relationships, capturing the strain on identity and family dynamics. It also highlights the vital role of the multidisciplinary team in providing support throughout the journey. A central focus of the paper is the personal journey of voice banking. It reflects on the restorative experience of reclaiming a pre-disease voice through tools such as ElevenLabs

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communication and identitydiagnosislived experiencemotor neurone disease (MND)multidisciplinary teamprogressive neurological diseasetechnologyvoice banking and synthetic voice

Identifiers

PMID40724795

DOI10.3390/healthcare13141770

PMCPMC12294475

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