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Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak and breathe occasionally, but he says he remains fit enough to keep running the internet's most influential company.(Getty Images)
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The explanation that Page posted on his Google+ profile cleared up a mystery hanging over him since he lost his voice a year ago, causing him to miss Google's annual shareholders meeting in June and a conference call to discuss the company's quarterly earnings in July.(Getty Images)
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Page, 40, the company's co-founder and CEO for the past two years, says his left vocal cord has been paralyzed since coming down with a severe cold 14 years ago, while Google was still in its formative stages. That issue was compounded last year with another cold that Page says impaired his right vocal cord, though it still has limited movement.(Getty Images)
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Page's unavailability last year spooked investors, especially those who remembered Apple's initial refusal to disclose the extent of co-founder Steve Jobs' health problems. Jobs took two formal medical leaves as Apple's CEO before resigning from the job about six weeks before his death from cancer. When Page had his health issue, Google had simply said Page was dealing with a throat problem that wouldn't get in the way of his job.(Getty Images)
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Wall Street's worries about Page's condition eased when he resurfaced in October to field questions during Google's earnings call. Although his voice has been raspy and robotic-sounding at times, Page has spoken at length in each of Google's three earnings calls since the one he missed.(Getty Images)
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