It can also lead to infections, perforated eardrums, compacted earwax and tinnitus.

You got perforated eardrums, or just going senile?

But after experiencing a perforated eardrum, she had to call time on her days in the air.

Despite his perforated eardrums presumably hastening the fulfilment of her aim, Phil returns in time to save him.

His revised answer to draft doctors: He had suffered a perforated eardrum at birth and was "neurotic"-afraidof crowds in particular.

But boxing commentator Ben Damon confirmed the Australian had checked out of hospital and was "feeling ok" despite suffering two perforated eardrums.