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Re: Packing = barotrauma?

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Originally Posted by superhornet59
also i have filled my mouth (inflated my cheeks too) to the point where i felt as if air was entering near the back of my jaw. when i touch the area it makes a small crackling sensation, just as what happens in barotrauama. does that mean it is?

thanks -Matt
Sounds like your equalizing. That crackling sensation is rather normal with equalization. If you took a stethoscope and put it by your ear you would hear that when you equalize. When you inflated you mouth so much it could of been like the Frenzel forcing the air upwards.
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