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Flew on airplane, I can't hear out of one ear. Help?

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Murphyrulez

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I flew from Detroit to Newark last night, and I was asleep when we landed. My left ear popped or something, and I still can't hear out of it 16 hours later. Has anyone ever had this happen before? Is it going to heal itself or do I need to visit a doctor? If I tilt my head to the right, it gets a little better, I can hear a little bit. I tried running water in it, shaking my head around, sticking my finger in it and popping it out quick to make a vacuum. Nothing helps.

Any advice is good!
Thanks
 
try holding yoru nose while popping your ears (ie swallow so that the little flap-valves that seal the canal connecting yoru ear to your throat open and shut). you can also try holding your nose while you try to exhale...

 
might wanna just go to the doc. could be an inner ear infection, or a wax buildup that just shifted right when you were sleeping.
 


<< Hold your nostrils shut and blow really hard.

bingo 🙂 >>





I feel like a dolt. The answer was that simple.

Thank you gentlemen.
 
Hold your nostrils shut and blow really hard


This works but be sure to blow real hard threw your nose, while holding the nostrils shut.
 


<< Hold your nostrils shut and blow really hard. >>

Isn't that bad for your ears? I usually just chew gum, that always works.
 


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<< Hold your nostrils shut and blow really hard. >>

Isn't that bad for your ears? I usually just chew gum, that always works. >>



It is called the Valsalva(or Toynbee) maneuver, look here.



<< Is suppressing a sneeze bad? Could be, due to something called the Valsalva maneuver, better known as a way of relieving pain in the ears caused by a rapid change in elevation. While pinching your nostrils shut, you blow into your nose hard. This opens the Eustachian tubes connecting your inner ear with your throat and equalizes the pressure on either side of your eardrums. But because the Valsalva maneuver increases pressure in the chest, it also briefly blocks the blood flow entering the heart, causing a sharp fluctuation in blood pressure. Conceivably this could cause an aneurysm to rupture. You're performing the Valsalva maneuver when you contain a sneeze, but the same pressure spike can occur during an especially violent sneeze, nose blowing, etc. So while your efforts to be ladylike could be harmful, Miss Atomic Sneezer may not be doing herself any favors either. We won't know till one of you tries it and winds up in the ER. >>

 
had that happen to me once...couldn't hear from right ear for like 1 day....my parents thought I was faking it too....

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