# Clicking in the throat (larynx, hyoid bone, thyroid cartilage) - research paper **URL:** \ **Category:** Research Papers\ **Created:** [September 23, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/clicking-in-the-throat-larynx-hyoid-bone-thyroid-cartilage-research-paper/20606 "2025-09-23T22:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TML](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TML](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/TML)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/clicking-in-the-throat-larynx-hyoid-bone-thyroid-cartilage-research-paper/20606/1 "2025-09-23T22:40:44Z")
Hi all, Came across a journal article that I think may be relevant to post here: > **[Clicking in the throat: cinematic fiction or surgical fact? - PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11556866/)** > > The complaint of a clicking in the throat when swallowing is uncommon but very discomforting and painful for those who experience it. It is such an unusual complaint that symptoms may be dismissed as psychogenic because a cause for the problem may... Many ES members on the forum have clicking in their throat. In this paper the surgeons surgically removed a combination of these areas from the patients and all experiences resolution of their clicking: ![Screenshot_2025-09-23-19-27-04-78_40deb401b9ffe8e1df2f1cc5ba480b12](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/ben_eagle/original/2X/5/575841af3b44e23558e6363d682a3cb41a2f7b2b.jpeg) It seems that thyroid, hyoid, and styloid /stylohyoid ligament issues commonly occur together. I posted a research paper previously where most patients who were getting surgery for hyoid bone syndrome also had elongated styloids. Given that all three areas (thyroid cartilage, hyoid bone, stylohyoid ligament) mechanically move during swallowing it’s not too surprising they present commonly together when issues arise. ---
**Author:** ![Jules](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitheagle.org/jules/32/404_2.png) [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/clicking-in-the-throat-larynx-hyoid-bone-thyroid-cartilage-research-paper/20606/2 "2025-09-24T11:57:12Z")
Thanks for sharing that! Interesting that the surgery was successful in all cases… Dr Marshall Smith who authored the paper has done surgery for one of our members, so would be another good doctors for those with hyoid or thyroid cartilage issues…