diff --git a/Lib/wave.py b/Lib/wave.py
index 9a4557487b6e63..cca13738187632 100644
--- a/Lib/wave.py
+++ b/Lib/wave.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-__all__ = ["open", "Error", "Wave_read", "Wave_write"]
+__all__ = ["open", "Error", "Wave_read", "Wave_write", "wave_params"]
 
 class Error(Exception):
     pass
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ class Error(Exception):
 
 _array_fmts = None, 'b', 'h', None, 'i'
 
-_wave_params = namedtuple('_wave_params',
-                     'nchannels sampwidth framerate nframes comptype compname')
+wave_params = namedtuple('wave_params',
+                    'nchannels sampwidth framerate nframes comptype compname')
+_wave_params = wave_params  # alias to keep compatibility
 
 def _byteswap(data, width):
     swapped_data = bytearray(len(data))
@@ -335,9 +336,9 @@ def getcompname(self):
         return self._compname
 
     def getparams(self):
-        return _wave_params(self.getnchannels(), self.getsampwidth(),
-                       self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(),
-                       self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname())
+        return wave_params(self.getnchannels(), self.getsampwidth(),
+                      self.getframerate(), self.getnframes(),
+                      self.getcomptype(), self.getcompname())
 
     def getmarkers(self):
         return None
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ def setparams(self, params):
     def getparams(self):
         if not self._nchannels or not self._sampwidth or not self._framerate:
             raise Error('not all parameters set')
-        return _wave_params(self._nchannels, self._sampwidth, self._framerate,
+        return wave_params(self._nchannels, self._sampwidth, self._framerate,
               self._nframes, self._comptype, self._compname)
 
     def setmark(self, id, pos, name):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-19-02-20-29.gh-issue-94991.kRGnFh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-19-02-20-29.gh-issue-94991.kRGnFh.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0de97369aa8892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-19-02-20-29.gh-issue-94991.kRGnFh.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make wave._wave_params public