That clogged, muffled feeling in your ears after landing is annoying—and sometimes painful. It’s called “airplane ear” (barotrauma), caused when the air pressure in your middle ear doesn’t equalize with the cabin pressure. The Eustachian tubes, which connect your middle ear to the back of your throat, get stuck shut.
We’ve all been there. The plane touches down, the seatbelt sign dings off, and everyone leaps into the aisle to grab their overhead luggage. You’re back on solid ground, but your head feels like it’s still at 35,000 feet. how to make your ears pop after a flight
