How Do You Understand And Deal With Patulous Eustachian Tubes?
Do you suffer from patulous eustachian tubes? Here’s what you need to know about this condition. The eustachian tube is the passageway that leads from the middle to the throat that helps to equalize the pressure between the middle ear and the outside world. Normally, the eustachian tube opens and closes in response to outside pressure changes to help keep the pressure in the middle ear normal. However, in some cases, the eustachian tube remains partially open resulting in a condition known as patulous eustachian tubes. Patulous eustachian tubes can create some strange symptoms that are quite disturbing to the person experiencing them. With the eustachian tubes partially open all the time, a person’s own voice can become distorted, sounding like it’s coming from a vacuum. Breath sounds are enhanced and swallowing and chewing can become disturbingly loud as they vibrate in the person’s own ears. This can be quite alarming particularly with eating or drinking since each chewing and swallo
