I don't know if you've ever met this situation. When you take a bath, you accidentally get water in your ears, and then you can't hear anything clearly. So why can't you hear the sound when your ears are flooded? Let's have a look.
Why can't you hear the sound clearly after your ears are filled with water? What should I do if my ears are flooded?
When the external sound waves enter the ear and meet the eardrum, the eardrum will vibrate. When the sound wave is strong, the vibration of tympanic membrane is large; when the sound wave is weak, the vibration of tympanic membrane is small. When the sound is high, the tympanic membrane vibrates fast; when the sound is low, the tympanic membrane vibrates slowly. The tympanic membrane carries this vibration signal all the way through the inner ear to the brain, where sound can be heard.
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The water in the ear just blocks the way of sound wave. If the sound wave can't get in, it can't make the tympanic membrane vibrate. Or if the sound wave is blocked and weakened, the tympanic membrane vibrates very little, so the sound can't be heard clearly. If you plug your ears with cotton or cover them with your hands, you can't hear clearly.
If you have water in your ears, you can turn it over your head and make your ears face down. At the same time, you can lift your opposite feet and jump a few times, and the water will flow out. You can also use a cotton swab to carefully reach into the external auditory canal to suck out the water.
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