Objective assessment of speech Assessment of the incidence of TEP leak clinically after a test fluid feed. Results: On objective assemsmsent of speech, all patients (100%) used prosthesis were able ...

A voice prosthesis, or tracheo oesophageal puncture (TEP) is a common type of communication after having surgery to remove the larynx (laryngectomy). But there are other ways, such as oesophageal ...

The change has to do with how Medicare reimburses for a device called tracheo-esophageal voice prosthesis, or TEP. The device facilitates speech for laryngectomy patients who have had surgery to ...

The prosthesis is placed through the tracheoesophageal puncture (TEP) procedure, which creates a small hole between the trachea and esophagus. This device enables patients who had their larynx ...