Popular film critic Roger Ebert has completely lost his voice since his jaw cancer surgery nearly four years ago, but that did not stop him from doing sit with Esquire magazine features a startling story in the March edition.
Ebert, 67, has not been able to speak since 2006, when he has a procedure known as a tracheostomy postoperatively - which involves making incisions in the throat the air to pass.
Chicago Sun-Times film reviewer using a special text-to-speech software and good old-fashioned pen and paper to communicate, which is how he was able to conduct interviews Esquire and how he continues to write movie reviews.
He also developed his own form of sign language, in which he traced the letters with his finger in the palm of his hand.
Ebert has undergone several operations, the first for malignant thyroid removed in 2002, then the salivary glands in 2003 and his jaw in 2006. Tracheostomy and complications caused a total loss of speech.
"What else could go wrong?" He joked during an interview Esquire miracle.
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Ebert, whose face was creased by all the operation, shaking his head "no" when asked whether the procedure to help him speak again is a possibility.
Ebert rose to fame co-hosting the TV movie review show At the Movies with Gene Siskel, a reviewer for the Chicago Tribune papers compete, until Siskel's death in 1999. Fellow Sun-Times reporter Richard Roeper took place. A thumbs-up or thumbs-down for each film criticizing the program is a trademark.
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