Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED), is a rare disease that happens when your body's immune system mistakenly attacks your inner ear. It can cause dizziness, ringing in your ears, and hearing loss.

If that doesn’t work? “The safest way to pop your ears is to perform a maneuver called a modified Valsalva maneuver, which is basically what divers do when they're trying to pop their ears,” says Dr.