Tube Troubles. The Eustachian tube is a small passageway from your inner ear to the back of your nose, and plays an important part in the hearing process. Every time you swallow, yawn, or blow your nose, the Eustachian tube opens and allows air to pass from the middle of your ear to the back of your nose. This process equalizes the pressure in our ears, and prevents the eardrum from bulging in or out too much.
Oromotor dyspraxia, also called verbal apraxia or apraxia of speech: Makes it difficult to coordinate muscle movements needed to pronounce words. Kids with dyspraxia may have speech that is slurred and difficult to understand because theyâre unable to enunciate.
Spasmodic dysphonia/laryngeal dystonia, a focal dystonia, involves involuntary contractions of the vocal cords causing interruptions of speech and affecting the voice quality. One of the most characteristic features of spasmodic dysphonia is the patterned, repeated 'breaks' in speech.ymptoms of spasmodic dysphonia come in several varieties. Symptoms can be broadly divided into two forms: adductor and abductor. The more common adductor type causes a tight, 'strangled-sounding' voice quality, often with abrupt starting and stopping of the voice. The abductor type causes a breathy, whispering voice.