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Expert: - 6/6/2008


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QUESTION: I was wondering would you please explain to me:  why do we get blocked ears
when we travel by train, plain or car?

Thanks

ANSWER: The air pressure changes.

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QUESTION: I was wondering would you please explain to me:  what makes our ears go all
blocked?

Thanks

Answer
When the air presure changes, it takes a little time for the air pressure in your ears to equalize with the air pressure around you.  Until the pressure inside and out become the same, you will have the sensation of plugged up ears.

For a more detailed answer, please go over to an audiology expert because this is an anatomy/physiology question, not a travel question.

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Matthew Smith

Expertise

CAN: Airport Security (NOT immigration).
Airport planning and design. Airport development.
Airline pricing/yield/revenue management (NOT prices for individual tickets)
grant process
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FLY FROM A TO B!!!
PLEASE STOP ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MUCH PARTICULAR AIRLINES WILL CHARGE FOR YOUR BAGS!
That's why your airline has a website!

Experience

Formerly Director of Operations at a small commercial airport.
Formerly worked for a state government issuing and managing airport development grants.
Formerly worked for TSA. (Not as bad as it appears to the average passenger.)
Formerly worked at an airport in planning and operations.
Also formerly worked as a Price Analyst for a wildly unpopular airline.
Currently teaching overseas until the job market improves.

Organizations
AAAE, AOPA, AzAA

Publications
Collegiate Aviation Review (2008)

Education/Credentials
B.A. English and Religious Studies, Hobart College M.S. Aviation Management Technology, Arizona State University --specialty is airport planning and design

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