Table I.
Objective voice parameters, and intratracheal air pressure measurements in patient 1 (P1; professional musician) and patient 2 (P2; amateur musician) while voicing and playing the tenor horn; patient 1 was voicing with his existing Provox2 voice prosthesis first and then with the replacing Provox Vega prosthesis.
| Softest | Comfortable | Loudest | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Loudness in dB | 57 | 69 | 86 |
| Dynamic range | 29 | |||
| P2 | Loudness in dB | 65 | 67 | 85 |
| Dynamic range | 20 | |||
| P1 | Maximum phonation time | 22 sec | ||
| P2 | Maximum phonation time | 19 sec | ||
| Air pressure in mmHg | Softest | Comfortable | Loudest | |
| P1 | Provox2/Vega + HME /a/ | 9.5/9.5 | 13.5/12.5 | 32/16 |
| Provox2/Vega + HME tenor horn | 16/14 | 20/17.5 | 42/42 | |
| P2 | Vega + HME /a/ | 7-11 | 10-14.7 | 33-49 |
| Vega + HME tenor horn | 14-16.5 | 20-22 | 36-48 | |