When your ears pop, it may often be due to flying, scuba diving, hiking a mountain, or just riding in an elevator. When air pressure around you changes (it drops as you go higher and increases as you ...

Ear pain during and after flying — otherwise known as “airplane ear” — is generally considered to be a trivial part of travel. It’s a small price to pay while soaring through the air to your ...

Whether it was driving up a winding mountain road, riding in a skyscraper’s high-speed elevator, or a traveling on a plane, you’ve probably experienced a feeling of pressure in your ears that you want ...

From making sure you pack everything you need to getting through security, traveling is one of the most anxiety-inducing experiences we regularly endure—and that's before you get on the plane. Once ...

You’re hopping off a flight and your ears feel full, like a bunch of compacted air is inside. Maybe your hearing is muffled, or you even feel pain in one or both ears. You know the answer is to pop ...

Have you ever had that plugged-up feeling in your ears? You know, when it happens mid-flight, during allergy season or after a nasty cold? That uncomfortable pressure can make sounds feel muffled and ...

Whenever I take a flight, I always think to myself: “wow, we’ve become so advanced that I’m bored at 30,000 feet.” The only exceptions are take-off and landing, where the sudden change in speed or ...

Turns out that uncomfortable “popping” you feel in your ear when a plane takes off or lands has a ‘real’ name (or three) – its more technical terms include ear barotrauma, barotitis media and ...

EAR discomfort goes hand in hand with air travel – as soon as you hit a certain altitude, the pressure kicks in. But how much pain that cases and how easy it is to alleviate the pressure depends on ...

With many of us heading for planes now the summer hol,days are here, one of the things we can look forward to is that feeling of 'pressure' in our ears as the plane takes off. One pilot has gained ...

Ear pain during and after flying — otherwise known as “airplane ear” — is generally considered to be a trivial part of travel. It’s a small price to pay while soaring through the air to your ...