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New findings reported from Tohoku University, Medical Department describe advances in eustachian tubes.
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October 14, 2009
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"The Eustachian tube is normally closed, but it opens upon swallowing for only less than one second to equalize the middle ear pressure with the atmospheric pressure, and immediately closes again. with patulous Eustachian tube (PET) suffer from annoying symptoms, such as aural fullness (sensation of fullness in the ear), autophonia (abnormally loud audition of own voice), audition of breathing sound, and fluctuating sensation of the tympanic membrane upon respiration," investigators in Sendai, Japan report (see also Eustachian Tubes).
"The diagnosis of PET is not ...
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