If a person travels via airplane frequently or occasionally then he may suffer from temporary hearing loss or acute ear pain while takeoff or landing of the plane. This condition is called aerotitus and major people suffer from this while traveling. This is because of the changes in air pressure in the plane. The air pocket inside the ear expands and stretches eardrum while landing and takeoff.

The eardrum can be normal by the passage of air through Eustachian tube. The Eustachian tube faces certain difficulties to cope up with changes in the air pressure at the time of landing or takeoff thus resulting in severe ear pain or hearing loss. A person is more likely to develop aerotitus if he is suffering from some kind of ear infection, congestion or allergies. The clogging of Eustachian tubes due to air pressure causes severe ear pain.

A person with congestion can avoid aerotitus by avoiding flying in plane or by using pediatric nasal decongestant spray every 5 minutes before landing flight which will contract swollen membranes and clear sinus. Eating chewing gum during traveling avoids clogging of Eustachian tube. Ear plugs also help to decrease ear pain during takeoff and landing.