Comments on: Why You Shouldn’t Unclog Your Ears By Holding Your Nose And Blowing

By: Kanaiyalal Hathi

Kanaiyalal Hathi — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:12:29 +0000

As I age, my hearing has become worse. Recently, I discovered that if I hold my nose and blow gently, I can hear better!
Does it mean I have :
1. Is something blocking my ear so can not hear?
2, Or sinus cogged up so the pressure unclogs?
3. Or something unrelated
Thanks
Kan Hathi

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:02:07 +0000

In reply to T Herbst.

You might find this update helpful: https://foxnomad.com/2021/04/29/the-best-way-to-unclog-your-ears-after-a-flight/

By: T Herbst

T Herbst — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:13:38 +0000

I have been trying to unblock my left ear for a while. When I softly blow while holding my nose I can feel my ear pop (open up) but within a second or 2 after unplugging my nose I can feel the ear close back up. While gently blowing my hearing is obviously better in that left ear. Any thoughts? My left side continues to feel full/plugged and my hearing on that side is definitely poorer than the right.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Mon, 23 May 2022 16:41:01 +0000

In reply to Bob.

There’s some additional good information in this follow up I posted: https://foxnomad.com/2021/04/29/the-best-way-to-unclog-your-ears-after-a-flight/

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 22 May 2022 05:51:01 +0000

An article on internet says excess air pressure in the ears can affect your eyes.

this article diseases where ears affect the eye and not popping one’s ears as a cause of eye problems.
However, apparently, the nerves for the ears and nerves for the eye run physically close to each other and can interfere in high pressure in the ears situations. I have on rare occision popped by ears for years. However, I recently had popping my ears affect my eyes. After popping my ears I had double vision for several minutes and it went away. So I am not going to pop my ears anymore.