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Generally, you will know when you have a perforation. Acute pain followed by relief and usually subsequent discharge and inability to pressurize that ear. But you need to actually see the tympanic membrane while you perform a Valsalva so if any of the above conditions were true you should get it diagnosed by your regular physician. Treatment is simple and most heal without invasive procedures. No need to see an expensive specialist unless referred due to complications. But frankly, your description does not sound like a perforated eardrum (the crackling sound is coming from your Eustachian tubes).