Darkzone 0 #1 June 6, 2002 After jumping from 13+ I suffer partial deafness in one ear which takes two or three days to clear properly. Anyone have any ideas how I can stop this happening?My doc (who I suspect is a complete quack and gained his doctorate from a correspondence school based somewhere in deepest Cuba) says there isn't a problem (this following a 2 second examination with his auriscope and banging a tuning fork on my head!)Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #2 June 6, 2002 When you say "partial deafness", do you mean/think it's from the noise or the barotrauma (ears not popping)?quadehttp://futurecam.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #3 June 6, 2002 Try taking decongestants. Let's go play chicken with a planet !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #4 June 6, 2002 "banging a tuning fork on my head!"Yeah, time for a second opinion, btw what key was it?CyaDGR# 37Remember how lucky you are to see and touch the sky; the blind may only dream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #5 June 6, 2002 i'm assuming you don't scuba-dive. i'd seek a second opinion and find a remedy to my situation! Richard"Gravity Is My Friend" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slowfaller 0 #6 June 6, 2002 You know the same thing happends to me. After a weekend of jumping my right ear stays clogged up and everything soulds muffled. Eventually it clears and but by that time I'm jumping again the next Saturday. I checked out the post Quade posted about the different ways of pressurizing you ears and I always plug my nose and blow which only temporarly does the trick. Sometimes if I do that to hard I get tunnel vision The left one is never a problem, just the right...Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkzone 0 #7 June 6, 2002 QuoteWhen you say "partial deafness", do you mean/think it's from the noise or the barotrauma (ears not popping)?I'm not sure whether its noise or pressure. My ears pop on the way up.QuoteTry taking decongestants. I might try squirting some 'Sinex' (TM) up there beforehand.Quotebtw what key was it? Dunno, couldn't hear it Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #8 June 6, 2002 Well, if you think your doctor is a quack, it's a good thing you came to us skydivers for a second opinion. No quacks here! AndreaI'm high as a kiteI just mightStop and check you out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #9 June 6, 2002 QuoteI'm not sure whether its noise or pressure. My ears pop on the way up.Have you tried wearing some hearing protection?BTW, the ears really "want" to pop on the way up and the pressure changes are much more gradual, so that's not always a valid indication that there isn't some issue that's going to raise it's head during freefall.What you might try to do is clear them during freefall and again right after canopy opening. I find that screaming helps. quadehttp://futurecam.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #10 June 6, 2002 "it's a good thing you came to us skydivers for a second opinion""trust me, I'm a doctor, now show me those boobies" CyaDGR# 37Remember how lucky you are to see and touch the sky; the blind may only dream. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkzone 0 #11 June 6, 2002 Quote"trust me, I'm a doctor, now show me those boobies" Okay...Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
