# Clicking noise in ear **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106 "2011-03-27T01:19:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ineedhelp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@ineedhelp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ineedhelp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/1 "2011-03-27T01:19:30Z")
Whenever I turn my head or jog. Only in one ear, definitely in ear, not lower down on the neck. Could I have an ear infection? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/2 "2011-03-27T01:24:31Z")
could be as simple as shifting or moving ear wax. ---
**Author:** ![ineedhelp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@ineedhelp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ineedhelp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/3 "2011-03-27T01:29:41Z")
It doesn’t happen with every turn. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/4 "2011-03-27T01:57:27Z")
my right ear clicks like hell depending on how I move my jaw. I wouldn’t necessarily worry about it unless you had other related symptoms. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/5 "2011-03-27T02:01:23Z")
I get that click somewhere between my ear and throat swallowing hard when I have congestion. Have you ever used a Neti pot? It couldn’t hurt if taking a decongestant doesn’t help. If the clicking is exterior it may be TMJ but having experienced both, I can say the TMJ is far louder and more marked. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/6 "2011-03-27T02:02:10Z")
It could be an infestation of the deadly Oregon ear [spider](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003696536_spiders07.html)… ---
**Author:** ![Troutsqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Troutsqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troutsqueezer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/7 "2011-03-27T02:52:32Z")
You may have wax in your ears and there’s some water trapped behind it. Pretty common. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clicking-noise-in-ear/576106/8 "2011-03-27T02:59:06Z")
> [@Troutsqueezer](#): > > You may have wax in your ears and there’s some water trapped behind it. Pretty common. Yeah, the swimmer’s earlobe pull is free to try! No matter what, don’t let anyone talk you into candling; my dad’s moonshine-making buddy told him it would work, all my dad got was a singed spot on his head and my mom didn’t talk to him for a couple days.