Short-term Clinical Feasibility of the New Provox Vega 22.5 Voice Prosthesis

Second Amendment on Phase I Trial NO7VEG 'Assessment of a Next Generation Indwelling Provox Voice Rehabilitation System (Vega)': Vega Siri Addendum.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of a new voice prosthesis in comparison with the Provox2 and the Provox ActiValve voice prosthesis in 15 laryngectomized patients. Factors taken into account are clinician and patient satisfaction with the insertion system, patient satisfaction with voice, speech, performance, and maintenance. Voice and speech will also be evaluated for the different prostheses by means of perceptual evaluations and acoustic analysis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Total laryngectomy
• Use Provox ActiValve

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current problems with TE puncture