The "hot cup method" offers relief from ear pain during flights by using warmth to relax ear muscles and open the Eustachian ...

[Nick] has been working on Earswitch, an innovative assistive tech switch that can be actuated using voluntary movement of the middle ear muscle. Most people don’t know they can contract their ...

“From a physiological standpoint, we know that acupuncture can stimulate the vagus nerve through its auricular branch—its ear branch—and that can have an effect on the stomach,” Xavier continues.