I am a singer. How will a tracheostomy affect my singing voice?
A. If you are getting a tracheostomy for sleep apnea, you’ll be able to plug it up during wak- ing hours. When it is plugged, there is little or no effect on the singing voice (or speaking voice). However, when the tracheal cannula is unplugged, you may be lucky to get three or four words out in one breath. Fortunately, you will have it open mainly when in bed or cleaning the cannula. If you get a Jackson cannula or one of its variants, you may have a 20% decrease in voice performance (usually it is about 10 percent). If you get a Mont- gomery cannula or one of its variants, there is a good chance that it will have NO effect at all on your voice.
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