Comments on Profile Post by Gareth Davies

For example, my post-infection ear crackles without needing to swallow. But when swallowing saliva my healthy ear does crackle about half the time...I don’t remember it doing that pre-T but maybe I’m just being paranoid :S

I'm almost certain it is because this has always been something I've experienced. If I'm not mistaken, this is just normal behavior of your eustachian tube. It's very likely something that you just never noticed before now because you had no need to concern yourself over your ears.

Then again, I might be misunderstanding what you mean by "crackle". It's hard to really relay what exactly entails a sound with words.

It’s like someone briefly rolling up bubble wrap or squashing Rice-Krispies. I’ve done some more reading, and it does seem to be a normal thing.