Kiss Kills Woman’s Hearing

By Jill Harness in Everything Else on Dec 13, 2008 at 4:22 pm

A 20-something woman in China recently had her left ear drum blown out by a massive kiss. She has become partially deaf as a result of the passionate kiss.

Chinese media companies are now spreading warnings about the dangers of kissing. It seems it is pretty easy for any kiss to blow out an ear drum because pressure can be imbalanced between the two ears, which can lead to one of the drums breaking.

Link Photo via Bob.Fornal [Flickr]

Tags: China, deaf, hearing, kissing

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Jerse
Dec 13th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Easy, fella….
Skipweasel
Dec 13th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
It ain’t the balance between the two ears that matters – they don’t connect in that way. It’s the pressure difference across each eardrum that matters.

Of course, you can release the imbalance by yawning – but yawning while kissing just invites knee-groin injuries.
Mouserz
Dec 13th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Sucks to be France.
MarcBee
Dec 13th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
What was he doing, sucking her soul?
vero4902
Dec 13th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
What the hell?? That doesn’t sound even close to true!
liphttam1
Dec 13th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
The kiss of deaf!!!
ted
Dec 13th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
a-hahaha. Nice one, liphttam1.

I doubt the veracity.
Ali S.
Dec 14th, 2008 at 12:05 am
Don’t get this girl anywhere near a mistletoe or else she’s gonna be in trouble.
Christophe
Dec 14th, 2008 at 12:16 am
This guy is going to have somnething to brag about

@liphttam1 : LOL!
TwoDragons
Dec 14th, 2008 at 6:08 am
You’d have to do some pretty radical sucking to damage an eardrum like that, and by that point she would not have been in much mood to continue the kiss, as it would have been massively excruciating. I smell an urban legend!

–TwoDragons
GailW
Dec 14th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Can she sue?
sloane
Dec 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am
If this were true wouldn’t there be wide spread cases?
Jill Harness
Dec 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Personally, I trust the BBC and believe the story to be legit….however, I do agree with two dragons that it was probably a pretty disgusting and sucking kiss.
Also, there’s no mention of whether or not she already had ear problems, which would definitely affect something like this.
Thomas
Dec 14th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I love how China’s immediate reaction is anti-kissing propaganda.
Lisa
Dec 17th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I heard about another similar case just like this in my local area. A mother became deaf in one ear after her 4-year old wanted to give her mom a kiss, but missed and landed on her ear. I feel terrible for the little girl.
Deweys
Jul 10th, 2009 at 1:12 am
Gotta becareful when kissing
Do Not Kiss in the ear Only Mouth

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