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I can do this too. It also does the same thing as yawning when your ears get blocked on a plane or driving up a steep hill. It unblocks them.
by idonotknowwhy 3y ago
I can do this too. It also does the same thing as yawning when your ears get blocked on a plane or driving up a steep hill. It unblocks them.
- nsxwolf 3y agoI’m wondering if this is something different, or if it’s a more intense level of the other thing. I’m able to pop my ears without any apparent tensioning of my jaw or a yawn reflex. But I can do it while also making the rushing sound or not.
- idonotknowwhy 3y agoYeah okay, that must be something different (that I can't do) then.
- matsemann 3y agoYeah, it's two different muscles for the rumbling vs clicking. Tensor veli palatini opens the eustachian tube and makes a click. The rumbling is from the tympani.
- ce4 3y agoStapedius reflex? Some can control this muscle volintarily (me as well), it dampens incoming noise by a few dB to protect the ears. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_reflex https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_reflex