Throat device gives new voice to patients people with speech impairments

Image: A wearable, comfortable and washable device could help people regain the ability to communicate following a stroke. Image credit: University of Cambridge. Article by Imma Perfetto. ConnectSci – January 19, 2026. Research article: Nature Communications.

Wearable chokers with integrated artificial intelligence (AI) and ultrasensitive textile strain sensors could one day help patients with a type of severe speech impairment to communicate more effectively. Dysarthria is a severe motor-speech disorder that occurs when an individual’s control over the muscles of their face, mouth and vocal cords becomes compromised due to neurological disease such as stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease. […]

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