Question

The nurse is instructing a client who is scheduled for a laryngectomy about methods of laryngeal speech. which best describes tracheoesophageal puncture (tep)

Answer 1

During the tracheoesophageal puncture process a prosthesis is inserted into the trachea. This procedure is used to help patients find their voice. Things such as throat cancer, or laryngeal cancer may cause patients to lose their voice and main form of communication. With a tracheoesophageal puncture it gives patients a new way to communicate with others, through a vibratory signal.