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What solves it, the check or the clearing of wax? If it's the wax, please explain how that would help. Wax is on the outside of your ear-drum. Equalizing takes place on the other side.Problem equalizing? Go to ur Dr and have them checked and cleared of wax. In my humble experience this solves 90% of equalizing problems.
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This makes no sense whatsoever.g1138:The reason behind this is probably because you're equalizing against air pressure in your ear canal rather than direct water pressure. Recall that air can be compresses while water cannot. So theoretically it would be easier to equalize when there's air pressed up against both sides of your ear drum VS air and water on either side.
Yes, still crazy. You don't have to flex your eardrum out to equalize—you just have to get the pressure on the inside of the eardrum to equal the pressure on the outside, that's all. In fact, the less flexing the better. If you have a problem equalizing it is in getting gas through the eustachian tube to the eardrum.Still crazy?
Yes, still crazy. You don't have to flex your eardrum out to equalize—you just have to get the pressure on the inside of the eardrum to equal the pressure on the outside, that's all. In fact, the less flexing the better. If you have a problem equalizing it is in getting gas through the eustachian tube to the eardrum.