The Sound of My Eustachian Tube Opening

[Ed209]

I've mentioned on here before that I have full control over my eustachian tubes, meaning I can open them at will and can even flex the muscles to hold them open as well.

I don't think this has ever been done before but I've made a recording so that you can actually hear the clicky squelchy sound that I hear when I either swallow or voluntarily open my eustachian tubes. They are a bit squelchier than usual as I'm a bit bunged up. I know a lot of people worry about this so I thought it might be useful for others to be able hear an actual audio clip of what mine sounds like.

Not sure if the attached file will work but here goes.

 

[Mymlan]

My left eustachian tube sound and behave exactly like this.

 

[Ed209]

My left eustachian tube sound and behave exactly like this.

Both of mine are like it all the time.

 

[Mymlan]

Do you have tinnitus in both ears?

 

[Ed209]

Do you have tinnitus in both ears?

Yea, both ears and my head.

 

[Mymlan]

Actually I have it in both my ears but my left ear is worse.

 

[Gman]

Each of mine spontaneously snap open occasionally at random times and it can be a bit painful momentarily.

 

[JohnAdams]

I can also open my Eustachian tubes at will. Doing so also makes my ears wiggle.

 

[Mymlan]

Each of mine spontaneously snap open occasionally at random times and it can be a bit painful momentarily.

I have this too, in my left ear where my tinnitus is worse.

 

[E2-E4]

There's a community for this "skill" on reddit, Eustachian Tube Click. I can do it myself, could have since I got tinnitus in 1996. It's some voluntary thing I do, cannot explain how, that clicks and also opens my Eustachian tube, it can be exaggerated if I open my mouth wide (and move the jaw). I can click both ears, and my left ear separately, but when clicking my right ear the left always clicks as well.

Interestingly, the left ear is harder to click when my tinnitus spikes in it.

ENT listened to the clicks and looked at the roof of my mouth while doing it, said it's "palatal myoclonus" which from my search, seems to be linked to tinnitus in some instances, though mine developed due to noise trauma. I can see it myself when I make that voluntary move, the "roof"of the mouth moves a little. I recorded mine as well and it sounded the same as OP's sounds.

 

[joester]

I've had that same ability since I can remember. It doesn't affect my T though. It does come in handy when searching for specific sounds in the machinery at work. I could hear the sound of a bearing going bad in a conveyor system that nobody else could. They all thought I was crazy until I tracked the source by holding my tubes open. The odd thing is that the conveyors are quite loud and the bearing sound wasn't. But I could hear it.
I think it's a product of 40+ years of learning to hear "around" my T.

 

[LukeYoung]

I can also do this. Sometimes I find myself doing it too much to try and clear aural fullness feeling.

which of course comes straight back after I stop doing it.

 

[Charburchar]

I can also do this! If I want to I can literally click/crack my Eustachian tubes every second. It doesn't really bother me though like tinnitus does, it's just a bit weird.

 

[Ed209]

I can also do this! If I want to I can literally click/crack my Eustachian tubes every second. It doesn't really bother me though like tinnitus does, it's just a bit weird.

I can do the same. I can repeatedly open them really fast, and I can hold them open and blow air through them.

It doesn't bother me in the slightest. Mine have always been this way. To be honest, I didn't even realise it was a thing people could be/were bothered by.