title: Using a microscope to change a speech valve.
abstract: Replacing a speech valve can be a difficult procedure to learn and perform. In this letter the authors propose a method using an operating microscope, which their department has found useful in performing this procedure, and in teaching trainees.
authors: Amir
authors: A
authors: Farboud
authors: Thomas
authors: T
authors: Jacques
authors: Aaron
authors: A
authors: Trinidade
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007831:Larynx, Artificial; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013066:Speech-Language Pathology / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods