David,
it is a matter of plumbing! Joke aside.
You cannot equalize pressure through your ear canal no matter how clean it is (as long as the ear drum is intact). IF the ear canal totally plugged that may be a problem too (different story).

M

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Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.