From: Management of Patulous Eustachian Tube
| 1. There are subjective symptoms |
| One or more of the following symptoms included: voice or breath autophony, and aural fullness |
| 2. Tubal obstruction procedures (A or B) clearly improves symptoms |
| A. Posture change to the supine / lordotic positon |
| B. Pharyngeal orifice obstruction procedure (swab, gel, etc.) |
| 3. There is at least one of the following objective findings of patent E-tube: |
| A. Respiratory fluctuation of the tympanic membrane |
| B. Variations of external auditory canal pressure synchronized with nasopharyngeal pressure |
| C. The sonotubometry shows (1) the probe tone sound pressure level is less than 100 dB or (2) an open plateau pattern. |
| Definite Patulous Eustachian tube (PET): 1 + 2 + 3 |
| Possible Patulous Eustachian tube (PET) : 1+ (2 or 3) |
From: Management of Patulous Eustachian Tube
| No | Question | yes: 4 | sometimes: 2 | no: 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because of your symptom is it difficult for you to concentrate? | |||
| 2 | Does the loudness of your symptom make it difficult for you to hear people? | |||
| 3 | Does your symptom make you angry? | |||
| 4 | Do you fell as though you cannot escape your symptom? | |||
| 5 | Does your symptom interfere with your ability to enjoy social activities? | |||
| 6 | Because of your symptom do you feel frustrated? | |||
| 7 | Does your symptom interfere with your job or household responsibilities? | |||
| 8 | Do you feel that your symptom has placed stress on your relationships with members of your family and friends? | |||
| 9 | Do you find it difficult to focus your attention away from your symptom and on to other things? | |||
| 10 | Does your symptom make you feel anxious? |
