Termyn8or
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Your eustation tubes are blocked. Normally yawning opens them and the pressure equalizes. That's why you can hear again. If as you say you hold closed and breathe out, that puts pressure in. Normally if the opposite were true you might want an ENT to vent your eardrum, because whatever makes pressure in there is bad, and if it happens really fast is very bad. However you pressurized it which indicates that there was a negative pressure in your ear(s).
This generally means that you had an infection and it is simply draining now. There is not much other way to gain a negative pressure between the inner ear and eardrum. The only exception is chewing, believe it or not. If the eustation tubes are larger than optimum, as mine are, an infection can distort them and cause them to act as a one way valve. This can cause the same thing. Remember the pressure was negative. If your eustation tubes are acting as a one way valve, the motion of your jaw can make that negative air pressure condition recur in a very short time. [I am not saying shutup but ummmmmmmm, LOL]
I am quite into music, and I have had acute sub[something or other] otitis media twice. I made it a point to find out about how the human ear works and I know alot about acoustics as a result, like a byproduct. I have had problems in this area and it is really the only time I make an exception and go to a doctor. I do not want to be deaf. I studied it and I know what I am talking about. Believe me when I tell you that actually a problem in your mouth can cause a problem in your ears.
Sounds far fetched doesn't it, but it is true. Formation of the ears and the musculature around the TMJ in humans is very closely related on our DNA. We think of it as being seperate but it is not.
When a eustation tube is working properly and there are no problems in the ear, it is closed almost all the time. Most people notice it opening when, for example, they yawn on an airplane. The problem is that with the eardrum taut, with all that constant force, it cannot respond to the subtle changes in air pressure which we call sound. When you relieve the constant force, it is freed up and can then move, which it needs to do to excite the hammer and stirrup, which is imperative to our ability to hear. It is those components of the inner ear which transmit those subtle vibrations to the cochlea, which is actually what transferrs the signal to our brain.
Competent doctors are very reluctant to cut or in any other way screw around with the eardrum. Believe me your hearing will never be the same.
I enjoy my good hearing, and have studied it. You don't need to get me on the other side, I'll put it out here for all to see because I think it is important. I almost have "golden ears". A person with real golden ears can tell you if that A on your piano is really at 440Hz as it should be. I am not quite that good, but you can strum a guitar with all the strings played open and I can tell if it is in tune or not. I can usually tell which string(s) don't ring right.
So I don't fuck around when it comes to this. I also learned alot about acoustics and could design and build you one heck of a set of speakers. I don't mean really loud (unless that's what you want) I mean those that still sound really good when you turn it way down. I mean you can hear every note even as low as they can go. If you're around Cleveland stop by, I probably have one of your favorite tunes. I don't really burn disks for people anymore, that is because, as they tell me, they want to hear it on MY stereo. No bullshit. They will tell you.
So usually, if your body can't beat this on it's own, you will be given a modern variant of amoxcillin or achromycillin. They attack the ears, or the typical infections that attack the ears.
Do not go to a GP for this. If you can go to an ENT. That is if you have to, in many cases your body can beat it, if you play your cards right. Do not sleep on your back, sleep on your side. As you sleep and of course roll over, make it a point to yawn. Probably should have a good cough as well. Remember a eustation tube is not like an asshole, it has no vent.
For example if you had speakers with a port, and the vacuum cleaner fit right in the port and you could thus form a partial vacuum in the speaker cabinet, how do you think it would sound ?
Same deal, just on the other end.
Be well, get well or whatever. Do not plug yourself up and exhale, that is a very bad thing to do.
Also it can cause eye infections. That whole system is also connected to your tear ducts and you could easily push an infection or something up there.
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