• Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Is it just a click or also the described rumbling. Because I don’t hear a rumbling but I do make the clicks when I notice that my ears need to adjust to the air pressure.

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      2 days ago

      If you hold it tense you get a rumble as described but the first time I tense it will make a little click. If I keep applying tension and release eventually it will stop clicking and just I’ll just hear the rumble and it will take a bit to “reset” to where it clicks again.

      Humans are weird.

      Edit: I quick kagi search turns up a Reddit thread saying the clicking is caused by “Voluntary Opening of the Eustachian Tubes” which is equalizing the pressure in my ears. That sorta explains why it stops clicking after a bit.

      • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        If I use the muscles that I use to get the click very carefully I get the rumble too :)

        I never noticed it before and now this will be really distracting unless I forget about ASAP.