ZenSquirrel
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We were diving on Wednesday and my buddy complained that she accidently cleared too hard and felt warm fluid in her ear. She said that she was not trying to force a clear but that she just accidently blew harder than she usually does.
Upon surfacing she made me check her ear 4 times for blood and her hearing was fine. No problems what so ever the next day.
The water we were diving in was 80F. Our guess was that she had an air bubble trapped in her ear canal and the hard clear pushed it out and let the warm water in. Is there anything else that could have happened? I would assume that if something ruptured and fluid transfered that there would be hearing loss or vertigo.
This is mostly a point of curiorsity because the only damage done was to my buddy's calm dive.
Upon surfacing she made me check her ear 4 times for blood and her hearing was fine. No problems what so ever the next day.
The water we were diving in was 80F. Our guess was that she had an air bubble trapped in her ear canal and the hard clear pushed it out and let the warm water in. Is there anything else that could have happened? I would assume that if something ruptured and fluid transfered that there would be hearing loss or vertigo.
This is mostly a point of curiorsity because the only damage done was to my buddy's calm dive.