Galley Gossip: Blocked ears - how to ease the pain in flight

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I am 50 years old and have problems with my ears hurting for many years now. After seeing a specialist to find out why my ears hurt only during the last 1/2 hour to 20 minutes during the descent, he couldn't find anything wrong. I now use earplanes and chew gum. The earplanes seem to help quite a bit but I still have ear pressure, but not as bad. I make sure to only take direct flights, since descending more than once is really not an option, due to pain. This probably isn't that helpful, but just to let you know that adults have ear problems too!

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