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TEP speech is created when a small plastic prosthesis is inserted into a surgically created passage through the common wall between the trachea and the esophagus. The prosthesis is a son-way valve which, when occluded, directs air from the lungs into the esophagus. The escape of this air is then articulated in a manner similar to esophageal speech.
