"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 19/09/09 12:30, tim..... wrote:

How is an ear plug going to give you an inner ear infection?

You put in your ear, take it out, leave it on the side for whatever lurgy
to settle on it and grow in the wax/skin left on the surface, then put it
back in your nice warm ear later to encourage growth, rinse and repeat.

That's the outer ear.

In inner ear is the bit behind the ear drum (actually that's the middle ear,
the inner ear is even further in)

Under normal circumstances there is no route for anything, except
vibrations, from the outer ear to the inner ear. Infections in the
middle/inner ear gain entry via your throat.


tim