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Physiology & Medicine / why do earplugs make me gag?
« on: 11/11/2007 03:09:46 »
Haha...I'm not the ONLY one that needs earplugs to get to sleep. I found it fairly uncomfortable when I first tried them, to the point where I couldn't get to sleep because a) I could feel something in my ears and b) I could hear my own heartbeat louder than I normally would. Now I feel a little strange trying to sleep without them.
I haven't experienced the chocking sensation though. It could just be that you are trapping a little bit of air in your ear canal, and then by pushing the earplug in increasing the pressure inside the ear canal. As you might have noticed, the ear is rather sensitive to changes in air pressure: as in elevators, aeroplanes etc.
I haven't experienced the chocking sensation though. It could just be that you are trapping a little bit of air in your ear canal, and then by pushing the earplug in increasing the pressure inside the ear canal. As you might have noticed, the ear is rather sensitive to changes in air pressure: as in elevators, aeroplanes etc.