How to get the water out of my ears

BoonMonkey · 14 Feb 2013 at 13:54

Get someone to stick their tongue in your ear. It'll help.

Craig1981 · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:06

I say we take off and nuke the OP from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.

Edrof · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:17

iviv said:
The answer is clearly a tap on the head.

This deserves a quote.

Biohazard · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:26

BoonMonkey said:
Get someone to stick their tongue in your ear. It'll help.

Get your mum to suck on your ear hole?

DJMK4 · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:28

Get someone to suck your ear hole.

Edit: damn beaten

edscdk · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:29

G-MAN2004 · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:30

Simply pull your whole ear and it should your hearing should come back instantly. Works for me...

Biohazard · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:34

DJMK4 said:
Get someone to suck your ear hole.

Edit: damn beaten

Like a ginger stepchild.

oulton · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:40

Be gentle with the ear!

As someone who suffered from surfer's ear and had a recent operation to fix it, you may wanna get your ear checked out if it constantly gets blocked after swimming, bathing etc as you can get nasty infections and it could be a narrowing of the ear canal.

dirtybeatfreak · 14 Feb 2013 at 14:51

oulton said:
Be gentle with the ear!

As someone who suffered from surfer's ear and had a recent operation to fix it, you may wanna get your ear checked out if it constantly gets blocked after swimming, bathing etc as you can get nasty infections and it could be a narrowing of the ear canal.

Same here, recently had a myringotomy and get blocked air pockets behind the ear drums all the time. I went partially deaf at one point and it was not nice.

You really can't be too careful with your ears.

neilw · 14 Feb 2013 at 15:54

I find jumping on the spot two or three times shifts it.

Cosimo · 14 Feb 2013 at 16:10

Redgie · 14 Feb 2013 at 16:13

Craig1981 said:
Usually some vigerous head shaking is enough to get it loose for me.

This and...

Scuzi said:
Feeling that warm trickle out of your ear after hours of having it blocked has to be one of the greatest experiences ever.

This.

When I was a kid I remember my Dad did some worryingly vigorous head shaking whenever he gets out the pool, was afraid some brain might slide out.

PermaChanged · 14 Feb 2013 at 16:38

PhillyDee said:
I really really would not do that. That can cause some serious damage to your ears.

What damage can it do out of interest? We bought some "Swim Ear" in the USA last year and it's essentially pure isopropyl alcohol, I used it almost every day for 15 days!

Scougar · 14 Feb 2013 at 17:06

neilw said:
I find jumping on the spot two or three times shifts it.

You end up looking like a prat, but this works. Stiffen your body and jump and land (Stiffly) on your heels. This works for me on occasions when it just won't come out.

Also, that old "pilot technique", don't use it if you have a cold. Your are likely to blow mucus into your sinus.