I have had these symptoms for the past year after attending an extremely loud guitar festival (standing next to an amp without ear plugs...). Ear fluttering/spasming, and ear fullness in right ear...I also feel liquid moving sometimes in my ear, but nothing ever comes out. The doctors have not been able to assist.
Some days are better than others. Yawning, burping, swallowing, and hiccuping especially aggravate it, and can cause it to spasm for hours... I especially find that EXERCISE and CAFFEINE worsens my condition. On the good days it doesn't spasm at all, given I avoid those triggers. Sometimes it can be VERY bad - especially when it spasms during the sleeping hours, because that makes it impossible for me to sleep.
I should also add that I did undergo hearing tests but did not find any disparities or hearing loss at least within the first couple months of the trauma..even though my ear does feel clogged.
this whole time I thought I found my answer (Myoclonus, or the tensor timpani muscle - to which surgical procedures have been effective). But if it is the veli palatini...I'm not so sure.
