Video
Patient’s clinical examination. To facilitate the reader/listener, a blue dot has been incorporated to the video each time there was a clicking sound. We recommend listening to the video at the highest available volume.
00:00 Baseline audible clicks from outside the right ear canal.
00:03 No visible movements of the right eardrum.
00:08 Right Eustachian tube visible movements (no sound).
00:18 Entrainable clicks with hand movements.
00:34 Volitional modification of ear clicks frequency.
00:54 Synchronization of ear clicks with metronome frequency.
Figure
Right normal Eustachian tube by a healthy 32-year-old man with Eustachian and surrounding muscles legends (copyright belongs to François Voruz).