A faint, distant crinkle sound in his left ear. Like the first crack of thin ice. Hope.
Sam smiled back. "Just had to let the world back in." how to unpop ears after plane
He closed his eyes and tried to logic his way out. He knew the physics: air pressure in the cabin was rising as they descended. The air trapped in his middle ear was at a lower pressure, pulling his eardrum inward like a concave drum skin. He needed to open those tubes to let higher-pressure air rush in. A faint, distant crinkle sound in his left ear