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holidays, this plug can be used during the consumption of liquids (solid food only rarely causes problems). The plug can be easily placed on top of the handle of the cleaning brush and then be plugged into the tracheal opening of the voice prosthesis. The plug contains a string with a proper sized button to prevent its loss into the trachea. It is suggested that all patients are provided with this plug, especially if they are not living close to their hospital or when traveling abroad. In practice, it has been shown that, since most of the time leakage is mild, the patient does not have to bother organizing replacement of the prosthesis somewhere else, but instead with the application of this plug can postpone this procedure for several days until a visit to his/her own clinician can be arranged. 20