WONDER #1366: Why Does Gum Help Pop Your Ears?

Question 1 of 3

Chewing gum helps your ears to pop because it encourages you to what?

1. eat
2. taste
3. swallow
4. hear

Question 2 of 3

When your ears are clogged, what part must pop open to allow pressure to equalize inside the middle ear?

1. Eustachian tube
2. earlobe
3. sinus cavity
4. nostril

Question 3 of 3

The painful feeling in your ears caused by a difference in pressure between the inside and outside of the ear is called what?

1. ear barotrauma
2. barotitus media
3. either (A) or (B)
4. neither (A) nor (B)

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