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My experience of long flights has improved since I started putting earplugs in my ears before takeoff.

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[donnad.livejournal.com]

You should try EarPlanes. I wont fly without them. My ears always bothered me when flying, but I had one really bad flight once where I was in tears from the pain in my ears, that I considered never flying again. I tried Earplanes and now flying is not a problem for me. They work great!

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pointer!

I don't actually have any trouble with pressure. It's the noise.

Regular women's ear plugs* work just great for me, and I have them around anyway for sleeping. They're really useful in hostels, for one thing.

*Earplugs for women aren't quite as dumb as Bic pens for women. They are smaller, so they don't fall out of my ears the way the larger ones do.

[donnad.livejournal.com]

Earplanes also reduce the noise, not completely, you can still hear people talking right next to you, but it lowers the volume of the engine noise a bit.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Things are so loud on planes that I can hear the announcements and everything right through the -30db earplugs. It's kind of amazing.

But what earplugs do is reduce my fatigue. It's just less tiring. The nine-plus hour flight from New York to Rio was a lot easier than I remember it being before.

I haven't tried it going across the Pacific yet but I'm guessing it will still help.