An implant being urged to be positioned between the thyroid cartilage (22) and a vocal cord (20) so as to displace the latter in order to restore the speech to a patient, characterized in that it comprises: i) a "prosthesis" (3) being urged to rest on the muscle of the vocal cord (20), ii) a "counterplate" (5) resting on the internal wall of the thyroid cartilage (22), and iii) a liking element (7) of the prosthesis (3) and the counterplate (5),said counterplate (5) being mobile on said at least one linking element (7), thus enabling the adjustment of the distance D between the prosthesis (3) and the counterplate (5) to maintain the implant (1) in place.

 
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