A laryngeal stimulation system including a sensor for detecting an
occurrence of a respiratory signal in a subject and a laryngeal
stimulator adapted for coupling to a laryngeal muscle and operable to
stimulate the laryngeal muscle in response to the sensor detecting the
occurrence of the respiratory signal is provided. A method for laryngeal
stimulation including detecting an occurrence of a respiratory signal in
a subject and then stimulating a laryngeal muscle in response to
detecting the occurrence of the respiratory signal is also provided.