ears crackling and popping / equalizing

[freedivernd]

a question for gp,
Have you analized your ear situation? Wondering how your ear(s) is doing after the Crosby thing.
Some thoughts:
I think all this dryland equalization I've been doing over time has sure got my eardrums limbered up.. looking at my breath-hold dive profile to -73' in only 18 or 19 seconds, that's some rapid equalizing and it didn't become a problem until around -70' but only because I forgot to fill my mouth with air. Here's what I hear at -70' trying to equalize with no air left to do it with... the mouthfill.wav
With those rapid pressure changes, insides of the ears have to be real stretchy to clear. I notice like popcorn popping in my ears often, at anytime (dryland), sometimes worse than others, but it maybe has gotten to where I don't notice so much, maybe it's because things are so loose. Just my theory, maybe that's what you're experiencing. Has it cleard up? Have you seen the doc about it?
Fred