Barotrauma.This is damages triggered by a change in ambient pressure. This occurs throughout ascent and descent in a plane as well as whilst diving. Blockage of the Eustachian Tube leads to lack of equalisation of the pressure between ear space with the outside world. When the pressure adjustments during the activities noted over this causes a stress slope across the drum.
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