Innocent 'Kiss Of Deaf' Can Cause Permanent Hearing Loss

Where's the one place you should never kiss a baby -- or anyone else? The ear, according to a professor of audiology at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. An innocent kiss right on the ear opening creates strong suction that tugs on the delicate eardrum, resulting in a recently recognized condition known as "cochlear ear-kiss injury."

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Comments

[Paperdoll0614]

03:45 PM on 03/29/2012

It's real. Happened to me. Friend gave me a big smooch on the ear as a goof. It broke my eardrum. Fortunately it healed with no long term issues.

[FSMbaby]

03:39 PM on 03/29/2012

OMG. Me & my husband & kids do this to each other as a joke. We call it smooching your ear. I feel like a real doofus now. There's one more thing I have to warn my kids to stop doing.

[Forever Jung]

03:17 PM on 03/29/2012

What?