Laurence Brewer isn’t going to let motor neurone disease take away his voice. The Bolton man is recording several hundred words and phrases so that his 13-month-old Stan might one day be able to hear his voice should the neurological disease he’s stricken with take it for good.
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![Laurence Brewer isn’t going to let motor neurone disease take away his voice. The Bolton man is recording several hundred words and phrases so that his 13-month-old Stan might one day be able to hear his voice should the neurological disease he’s stricken with take it for good.
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