How do you swim to the bottom of the deep end without hurting your ears? This video is going to answer that very question. Its a relatively easy technique called Equalizing Here are some basic instructions for how to do it right. Enjoy the video and please excuse the cheesy special effects :P\r
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Methods Used:\r
-Salvage Maneuver\r
Pinch Your Nose and Blow\r
This is the method most divers learn: Pinch your nostrils and blow through your nose. The resulting overpressure in your throat usually forces air up your Eustachian tubes.\r
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-Toynbee Maneuver\r
Pinch Your Nose and Swallow\r
With your nostrils pinched swallow. Swallowing pulls open your Eustachian tubes while the movement of your tongue, with your nose closed, compresses air against them.\r
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-Frenzel Maneuver\r
Pinch Your Nose and Make the Sound of the Letter “K”\r
Close your nostrils, and close the back of your throat as if straining to lift a weight. Then make the sound of the letter “K.” This forces the back of your tongue upward, compressing air against the openings of your Eustachian tubes.\r
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-Lowry Technique\r
Pinch Your Nose, Blow and Swallow\r
A combination of Valsalva and Toynbee: while closing your nostrils, blow and swallow at the same time.\r
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-Edmonds Technique\r
Pinch Your Nose and Blow and Push Your Jaw Forward\r
While tensing the soft palate (the soft tissue at the back of the roof of your mouth) and throat muscles and pushing the jaw forward and down, do a Valsalva maneuver.\r
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Here are a few other instructional videos to help you equalize:\r
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For the advanced freediver: \r
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