If you suffer severe ear pain or temporary hearing loss when you fly, heed the advice of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Rockville, Md.
The discomfort - called aerotitis or barotrauma - occurs when an airliner depressurizes during takeoff and repressurizes as it's landing. To reduce your ear problems:- Chew gum.
- Eat, swallow or yawn.
- Hold your nose and blow with your mouth closed.
- Use oral decongestants for three days before your flight.
- Use a nasal decongestant spray just before takeoff and just before landing.
- Don Kirkman