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116 7.2. Materials and Methods Figure 7.1: EMST150 connected to a baseplate with the adapter and voice prosthesis plug present. Figure 7.2: EMST150 during practice, connected to the baseplate attached to the tracheostoma. The index finger is used to occlude the opening on top during forced exhalation. prosthesis plug, and a tube which enables connection with a manometer (Figure 7.1 and 2). 7.2.2 Emst study training protocol All participants performed four weeks of EMST (period A) which consisted of five sets of five repetitions across five days per week. Strength measurements