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This study aimed to assess the feasibility, safety and efficacy of audio recordings of patients\u2019 relatives to support weaning from mechanical ventilation. VOICE-WEANING II (Voices of patients\u2019 relatives to support weaning from mechanical ventilation) was a randomized (1:1), sham-controlled clinical trial. Patients aged 18 years and older with controlled mechanical ventilation \u2265 48\u2005h due to neurological disease were included. Patients received either audio recordings or sham control with muted audio recordings for 10\u2005min, three times per day from initiation of assisted mechanical ventilation. The primary outcome was rate of weaning failure. Secondary outcomes included duration of controlled ventilation, rate of tracheostomy, delirium and all-cause mortality at 90 days. Brain activity was assessed using spectral density analysis of continuous electroencephalogram monitoring. Fourty-five participants were randomized (25 males\/20 females, median age 60 years). 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