title: Enhancing communication with the Passy-Muir valve.
abstract: The Passy-Muir Valve is a speaking valve. It is one alternative for enhancing communication skills in children with long-term tracheostomies. As this population of children continues to grow, nurses must have an awareness of interventions that can promote language development.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albamonte
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D013060:Speech; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000534:rehabilitation