I've got this randomly intermittent ear ache in my right ear that I can feel going from the back top of my throat, up my neck slightly into my right ear. Like my Eustachian tube is inflamed. When I try to pop it gently with the Valsalva, right ear has not opened up as easily as my left for 3 months.
In my left ear, I have ear aches in the canal itself and in front of the ear. I've had quite a few TMD symptoms in that ear. If I pull and rotate that ear, it makes a popping sound.(Not the eardrum). And if I push on the tragus in a certain way sometimes, it causes an incredibly strong sensation of pain. Pushing in or around the entrance to the canal can do the same sometimes.