I’ve had a real bitchkitty of a cold since Thursday. I knew my ears were a little clogged, but didn’t think it was that bad.
It was. My right ear just popped and the piped in white noise in our office just flooded into my head and sounded as loud as a jet engine. I didn’t even realize I hadn’t been hearing it for the last few days.
What a lovely, unexpected relief. (It’s the small things, when you’ve been miserable for a week)
I had a similar revelation when I had my wax-clogged ears flushed at the doctor’s once. I hadn’t realized what a difference it would make! A whole bunch of high-frequency sound was suddenly audible again.
I had one ear clogged. It took almost a week to get it unclogged. I was sitting on a stool at the doctor’s office while they blasted it with a water pik. When the wax finally came out I was so dizzy the nurse had to grab me and hold me upright. Wow that was some relief!
Ooooo. I’ve had impacted wax removed before, but the ENT used a curette and long tweezer things and pulled it out of my ears. It was surprisingly delightful, and yes, the feeling of empty ears afterward is fantastic.
That’s not as fun as the water blaster. 
It’s analogous to plunging a toilet when they try and try and try and finally it goes! It’s a physical and mental relief.
I had a problem with dizzy spells a few years ago, and in the course of determining what was going on, I went to an ear specialist.
They blew cold air in one ear, and the room started spinning. Then they blew cold air in the other ear and nothing happened. Then they blew warm air in the first ear, and the room spun the other direction. Then they blew warm air in the second ear, and nothing happened.
Apparently when they blow cold or warm air in your ear, the room is supposed to spin. Also, in opposite directions depending on the temperature and the ear (so warm air in the right ear and cold air in the left ear will cause the room to spin in the same direction, reverse temp and ear, and the room will spin in the other direction)
The medical person theorized that an inner ear infection had damaged the part of one ear that tells up from down (semicircular canals) and the dizzy spells were occurring when I was getting mixed messages from the two ears.
All this to say that it might not have been relief, but the sudden influx of warm or cold air into your ear.
What I actually came in here for was to ask if MoonMoon is THE MoonMoon of Tumbler fame?
Ha! No, but I’m really surprised I’ve never gotten a “dammit, Moonmoon” 
yeah but now you can only see out of one eye, until you get hit on the head with another bundle of newpapers…
There are a gazillion videos on You Tube of this being done. :eek: I often wonder how people can hear ANYTHING through that.