1. An Eustachian tube Blockage is one possible cause of a clogged ear

2. Barotrauma occurs when there is a dysfunction of the Eustachian tube (also called auditory tube dysfunction)

3. However, eustachian tube treatment often isn't needed as a Blocked tube usually gets better on its own

4. A pressure chamber seems to be suitable to evaluate Eustachian tube function and therapeutic approaches to tube dysfunction.

5. Ear infections often begin in the first year of life and are partly due to poor eustachian tube function.

6. Learn what medical treatments can help ease your Blocked eustachian tube symptoms and speed up your recovery for Blocked eustachian tubes.

7. More often than not, you may experience this stuffiness along with diminished hearing, pain, and imbalance, on account of a Clogged ear or Eustachian tube dysfunction

8. 29 The apparatus can detect the actual pressure of nasopharynx and meatus acusticus externus,(www.Sentencedict.com) and acquire the pressure value when the eustachian tube is opened passively.

9. These quick drum movements are indicative of pressure equilibrations between the outside air and that in the middle ear and are caused by a momentary opening of the Eustachian tube.

10. (in the plural) hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils, usually seen in children; Adenoids may cause obstruction of the outlet from the nose so that the child breathes chiefly through the mouth, or the eustachian tube

11. CAUSES – Dysfunction of eustachian tube – Predisposing factors: viral infection of the upper respiratory tract, allergies, barotrauma, enlargement of adenoids, recent acute otitis media HISTORY – – – – – – Exposure to one of the predisposing factors Reduced hearing in affected ear Sensation of fullness in ear Nose and ears may be itchy Pain mild or absent Fever absent