Lulu Miller

Suddenly David.

He was just happy.

And he said, I thought I was just doing it for me.

But there were all these other people out there waiting to have that.

He says, I know why I'm here.

One of the things about this story for us, and I know you guys aren't a part of the company at all, but...

We were working with this writer, Alice Wong, who lost her speaking voice and had a tracheostomy.

And she saw on the website when she learned about the valve that there was this – the word dignity was used about this valve giving people dignity through speech.

And that word really bothered her.

And so I kind of was just curious how you guys think of the word dignity, how David maybe thought of the word dignity.

Yeah.

You know, if you can't communicate with people, you disappear.

And you do lose yourself because, well, just like you're doing with the interviewing, the talking,

You're expressing yourself.

You're putting your opinions.

You're being heard.

You're making a statement in life.

If you don't have that, it's much more difficult on you.

And I think that's where the dignity comes in, is the...

I want people to know I'm here.