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Airplane Ears Make Flying Painful. Millions of people dread flying. Itâs not really the long security lines, the puny snacks or the lack of leg room. Itâs not even the frequent delays or the lost luggage. For a lot of fliers the problem is ear pain. Airplane ears are caused when the pressure inside the middle ear doesnât equalize to the pressure in the cabin.
Up to one in three airline passengers suffers ear discomfort, pain, or even temporary hearing loss on takeoff or landing. In fact, the condition is so common that doctors have dubbed it aerotitus, says Jennifer Derebery, MD, an associate at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles and assistant clinical professor of otolaryngology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.