Will future air travel technologies solve the ear-torturing cabin pressure problem?

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I really hate air traveling; it hurts my ears, especially when the plane starts to descend. It took me at least 2 days for my ears to be back normal.

I tried chewing gums, plug my in-ear-headphone, swallowing saliva, and none work for me.
I would really appreciate if you could give me some suggestion along with your answer to my question.

thanks :)
 
Yes, it is possible that future aircraft may solve this.

The reason these problems occur today is that the air pressure in the cabin drops slightly during flight. The air pressure outside the airplane drops dramatically during flight: at 35,000 feet, a typical cruising altitude for a jet, the air is so thin that you would pass out in a few seconds if you tried to breathe it (it's a mile higher than Mount Everest). However, the inside of the airplane is pressurized, so the air pressure inside the airplane changes only a little bit. That's still enough to cause ear troubles, though.

The reason the pressure inside the cabin doesn't just stay the same is that there's a limit to how big a difference there can be between inside and outside. Current aircraft can handle a difference of about 8 pounds per square inch, but to keep the cabin at exactly the same pressure for the whole flight would require the ability to hold about 15 pounds per square inch, which would make the airplane much heavier and more expensive. Future airplanes may be able to handle a full 15 psi, and will thus be able to keep the cabin pressure the same for a whole flight (with no ear troubles), but right now that isn't practical.

The airplane may fly at 35,000 feet, but inside the cabin the pressure never goes any higher than it would be at 8000 feet, which is about the height of Aspen, Colorado. So it makes your ears pop, but it's still pretty tame compared to the very low pressure outside the airplane. Because the pressure in the cabin changes quickly, it can plug and pop your ears a lot, but other than that, it's roughly the same as driving up to a place like Aspen in a car (which also makes your ears pop, but much more gradually).

To clear your ears, you need to open your eustachian tubes, which are tiny tubes connecting your middle ear to your mouth and nose. Normally they are closed, but as you go up in the plane, they open on their own occasionally, letting the pressure on the inside of your eardrums equalize with the pressure outside. The problem comes when you are coming back down in the airplane. The tubes don't open as easily when you're going down, and sometimes they refuse to open at all, and the pressure difference builds up in your ears and becomes very painful. Yawning, swallowing air, chewing, etc., tend to encourage the tubes to open.

Pinch your nose shut, close your mouth, and exhale, so that pressure builds up in your nose and mouth—and then swallow. This can force the tubes open as the plane descends and equalize the pressure.

If you have a cold, allergy, or any other upper respiratory problem, avoid flying until you feel better. These diseases can cause the eustachian tubes to jam shut, making it impossible to equalize pressure, which means you could end up in great pain during the flight.
 
Well no, its very un-probable that the cabin pressure problem will ever be resolved. If it does get solved then it will cost a hell of alot to do. Personally i reccomend noise canceling HEADPHONES < not earphones. They cut out the back noise and for me, stop my ears hurting but they are expensive, so not many people use them.
 
no. Pressure is pressure. whenever you are in a closed capsule up high, there are always two different pressures. think of it like the higher you go, the colder it gets. You can't suddenly make all the old air warm. Except in this case, they're pressures. Because of this answer, there is no solution for this problem. It's just a part of air travel.
 
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