My ears never pop or ever have in planes or going up or down hills in a car when other people’s ears around me do.

I never feel ear pain or pressure during elevation or air/water pressure changes.

I’ve looked online for others like me but all I find are people who can’t pop their ears and want to.

How is everyone else’s ears popping and not mine? What does it feel like? Sometimes people say it feels good sometimes it hurts, I don’t get it and when I tell my friends I don’t experience ear popping I get looked at like somethings wrong with me.

Have my ears just evolved to release pressure without popping? (I know I’m stretching here but it would be fun)

  • Toes♀@ani.social
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    18 days ago

    If you’re curious you could ask your doc for a ear exam and bring up your concern.

    Have you ever had any procedures done on your ears or upper respiratory tract?

    The popping typically comes from the middle ear and eustachian tube.

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      18 days ago

      It’s not really a concern I will end up speaking with an online doctor eventually. Currently on a 2 year waitlist in a small town for a family doctor no clinics in town. More wondering if anyone else shares this oddity. No procedures on my ears or respiratory tract. So pressure builds in the tympanic cavity or lower in the eutachian tube then releases though the membrane causing a popping sensation? Interesting. Thanks for the information.