Setting aside the fact that it doesn't do anything, I have issues with any procedure involving shoving a tube into the orifice responsible for my most delicate sense and lighting it on fire.
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Originally Posted by doodlebird
my first experience was in mexico 3 yrs ago after too much scuba diving to depths of almost 100 ft. i was deaf in one ear for a few days (and starting to enjoy being able to ignore my S.O. when she was on one side of me), but thought that it might cause problems with hearing the baby. (awesome super soaker link, redlemon). the lady in la farmacia told me to try candles. i did, and my hearing was instantly restored. that seems like a heck of a coincidence. how do they naysayers explain this? was it psychosomatic?
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More likely you had water in your ear and shoving something in either caused it to drain if it was behind the ear drum (not seawater, built-up fluid from the pressure changes) or pulled it out by breaking the surface tension if it was outside of the ear drum. Other than that, it may have stretched your ear canal in just the right way that everything popped back into place; the idea that it could do that worries me, because who knows what would have happened if you had pushed it in too far, or at a different angle.