The sound of the ceiling fan, previously a low hum only in his right ear, suddenly whirred above him in full 360-degree clarity. The distant sound of a car passing on the street didn't just arrive from one side; it traveled from left to right, a stereo pan of tires on asphalt.
The first thing Elias noticed wasn’t the congestion in his nose, or the scratchiness in his throat. It was the silence. ear blocked from cold
She turned. "Feeling better?"
The inside of his head sounded like a broken speaker. He yawned, hoping to pop the pressure, but the vacuum just tightened. It felt like someone had stuffed a marshmallow deep into the canal and let it expand. The sound of the ceiling fan, previously a
You’re already dealing with a runny nose, a scratchy throat, and that general foggy feeling. Then, suddenly, one or both of your ears feel stuffed with cotton wool. Sounds are muffled, your own voice sounds oddly loud or echoey inside your head, and you might feel a strange popping or crackling when you swallow. It was the silence