Posted by Maciek on September 04, 2001 at 17:30:45:
In Reply to: Re: Ear question posted by retrodiver on September 04, 2001 at 16:42:00:
Ewww... nasty begin with buddy getting bent.
My ears were actually getting nastily screwed when flying. Always hurt like hell and couldn't hear right for day or two. Since I started diving I don't suffer on planes anymore. I actually learned through experience how to do it effectively and probably loosened up being conscious that I can do it. If she's nervous about it, it certainly doesn't help. If you can get her scuba geared into a pool with say 8 feet of water (friendly diveshop shouldn't have a problem with that), that should be more than enough to gradually descent and equalize all the way, then ascent and repeat couple of times.