As a tracheostomy patient or a healthcare professional engaged in improving your patient's quality of life, we trust you will find some exciting information about breathing easier with a speaking valve.

As the source for the Shikani Speaking Valve, The Airway Company develops and provides innovative products to allow tracheostomy patients the ability to communicate better and breathe easier.

The evolution of the Speaking Valve with Decreased Work of Breathing

Now there is a choice in speaking valves.

No longer does a patient have to adapt to an inflexible design, or work harder to breathe in order to use a speaking valve. The patented Shikani Speaking Valve uses a completely unique design to provide both clear communication and reduced work of breathing. Its innovative design is simply more efficient in terms of airflow through the valve. No effort is required on the part of the user to open the valve or keep it open during inspiration. Because the air entering the valve flows smoothly past a round ball, not a flat disc or membrane, this valve introduces less resistance into the airway.

Less resistance translates into decreased effort during inhalation. And with the average adult breathing 15 times per minute, reducing the work of breathing during every breath can produce very positive results. Try our Speaking Day calculator to see how many times each day you will breathe easier.