A breathing protector for a laryngectomized or tracheotemized person to be
applied over a tracheostoma includes a heat-moisture exchanger body which
communicates with the tracheostoma through an inlet (relative to exhaling)
and has contact surface turned toward the person. A substantially flat
surface layer on the body faces the neck when the breathing protector is
applied to the neck covering the stoma and is dimensioned to extend beyond
the stoma to cover also a part of the neck surrounding the stoma. A elate
covers a flat end surface on the heat-moisture exchanger body which is
sandwiched between the surface layer and the plate. An outlet opening
extends along the periphery of the heat-moisture exchanger body between
the surface layer and the plate to impart to respiration air at least one
component which is substantially parallel with the surface layer.
