Eli5: Why does swallowing/yawning help pop your ears?

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Open for any other additional tips as I’m currently all plugged from a 7 hour flight

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Because your ears and throat are connected. The pop is built up pressure on the cavities in your skull. When you move the muscles in the neck this changes the pressure

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