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A person going upto `10,000` feet high in a hot air ballon may develop severe pain in the ear due to

A

Blocked eustachian tube

B

Rupture of fenestra rotunda

C

Endolymph getting into semicircular canals

D

Fear of great height

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A
When we at height the air pressure changes. This does not give enough time to the body to acclimatize to the changing sudden air pressure and hence the Eustachian tubes get blocked. This causes the negative pressure or vacuum in the middle ear which causes stretching of the ear drum and causes pain.
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