| VP | Voice prostheses |
| TL | Total laryngectomy |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscope |
| AFM | Atomic force microscope |
| TE | Tracheoesophageal |
| ECM | Extracelullar matrix |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| CLSM | Laser confocal microscope |
| DSC | Differential scanning calorimetry |
| TG | Thermogravimetry |