Paving the way for tracheotomy patients
Speak better, breathe better, live better.
At The Airway Company, we are dedicated to designing innovative products for tracheotomy patients. Our mission is simple: improve our patients’ quality of life through the airway devices we create.
To date, thousands of patients have enjoyed the many advantages of the Shikani Speaking Valve™ and the Shikani HME™.
Introducing the novel Shikani Speaking Valve™
Based on a novel ball design, the Shikani Speaking Valve™ is the first true innovation in the field of phonation speaking valves. As compared to existing flapper membrane valves, our ball valve offers many unique advantages. In addition to restoring speech, patients can benefit from:
Significantly lower airflow resistance, resulting in increased comfort, enhanced tolerance, and ease of breathing.
Superior voice quality and speech naturalness.
Superior olfaction.
Improved swallowing.
The valve’s discreet, low-profile design (smaller than flapper valves).
Designed for use with the Shikani HME™ (Heat Moisture Exchanger)
A revolutionary device that helps tracheotomy patients restore their pulmonary health, the Shikani HME™ warms, humidifies, and filters inhaled air – essential functions performed by the nose and mouth, which are bypassed when patients breathe directly through the tracheotomy tube. Users of the Shikani HME™ can benefit from:
More normalized and uniform temperature and humidity levels from inhaled air.
Substantially increased particle filtration from inhaled air.
Reduced mucus secretion and thickening.
Reduced risk of pulmonary infection.
Improved oxygenation (for patients who require supplemental oxygen).
An unparalleled combination.
Used together, the Shikani Speaking Valve™ and Shikani HME™ allow patients to speak and improve their lung health simultaneously, a paradigm shift in tracheotomy patient care. Although these devices can be used independent of one another, the combination of the two restores a tracheotomy patient’s quality of life in an unmatched way.
Trusted By
“I put it on and I’ve never taken it off since. The Shikani Speaking Valve changed my life dramatically.”
— Sloane M., social worker
