Welcome to 'Ask a Doctor'. Please type your question here...Okay, back in 2016 I had a really bad ear infection I thought nothing new it’ll go away. I ended up getting on a plane for a vacation, while on the plane I experienced the WORST pain ever in my life I was crying, it was really bad. Once we arrived I swam and did normal things I just could not hear anymore, before I got on the plane I couldn’t hear either and now October of 2018 I still can not hear every now and again I’ll hear a ring other than that total silence, plz help I’m scared.