18 months ago, Scott Adams, the cartoonist who draws "Dilbert", lost his voice due to something called Spasmodic Dysphonia.  That’s when a part of your brain simply shuts down, and you lose the ability to talk.

There is no cure.  Specialists could not help him.

A couple of days ago, working on his own pet theory that he could "remap" his brain simply by thinking about talking in a different contest, he discovered he could recite rhymes.

And one day later, he found he could talk.  He recounts the story on his blog:

But suddenly, yesterday, I felt the connection again. It wasn’t just being able to speak, it was KNOWING how. The knowing returned.

I still don’t know if this is permanent. But I do know that for one day I got to speak normally. And this is one of the happiest days of my life.