Regarding the uvula and speech:
It vibrates when you talk, yes. But it isn't necessary and its removal doesn't always change someone's voice.
When my ex had the surgery done, they told him he might expect a change in the tenor of his voice, but that this was just POSSIBLE and not likely. They said it would be a minor change, if any change happened at all.
Once he was able to speak at a normal volume a couple weeks into his recovery, there was a VERY SLIGHT difference in his voice. But this didn't last for long at all -- he sounds the same now as he always did, minus his uvula and a good portion of his upper palette.
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