@[email protected] to Ask [email protected] • 29 days agoWhat's something weird and mostly useless that you can do with your body?message-square254fedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down16
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minus-square@Paradox42link19•27 days agoI can voluntarily open my eustachian tubes and hold them open, without needing to yawn or swallow. Makes it much easier to clear the pressure in my ears when changing elevation (like when flying in a plane).
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink9•27 days agoHuh I think I can do the same. I always thought it was one of those things that everyone could do.
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink3•27 days agoSame. Sometimes I can’t, such as when congested, and it’s super annoying and unbalanced.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•27 days agoFeels like a super power when you’re scuba diving and you see all the other divers holding their noses!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•27 days agoWeirdly, I can only do this with my right ear. Definitely helps on airplanes.
I can voluntarily open my eustachian tubes and hold them open, without needing to yawn or swallow. Makes it much easier to clear the pressure in my ears when changing elevation (like when flying in a plane).
Huh I think I can do the same. I always thought it was one of those things that everyone could do.
Same. Sometimes I can’t, such as when congested, and it’s super annoying and unbalanced.
yep, I have the same issue when congested.
Feels like a super power when you’re scuba diving and you see all the other divers holding their noses!
Weirdly, I can only do this with my right ear. Definitely helps on airplanes.