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  • Provoxweb
  • Voice--Speech Rehab
    • Speech Therapy >
      • Introduction
      • Preoperative counseling
      • Outline of voice therapy
      • Important basic principles in voice rehabilitation in prosthetic speech
      • Some points of attention for the 'finishing touch'
      • General aspects of patient instruction
      • Problem solving
      • Conclusion
  • Pulmonary Rehab
    • Introduction
    • Heat and Moisture Exchangers (HME's) >
      • Treatment aspects
      • Prevention aspects
    • Provox HME >
      • Compliance aspects
      • Improvements in compliance
      • Improvements in voicing
      • Early post-operative pulmonary hygiene
      • Breathing resistance
      • Newest Provox HMEs
    • Treatment with inhalation medication
    • Conclusions
    • References

Speech therapy. What to practice to optimize hands-free speech

Achieving hands-free speech is usually not just a matter of putting on a valve and starting to speak. In order to achieve optimal results, optimal seal of the housing and optimal voice quality and speech intelligibility, proper instruction and training of the patient is required. In addition to proper explanation and adjustment of the valve, some therapeutic considerations are mentioned in this section.

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