Love the Dr. response to son's answer.
At least his ear drum didn't rupture.
Last week my husband had an earache along with the "crud" (Dr. official diagnosis)
that he got from me.
Later that evening my hubs was laying on the bed when he heard a loud pop, than
something that sounded like trains and planes. Only to discover tat his eardrum had
ruptured, he called the Dr. office just to let them know it happened.
He knows there isn't anything that could be done about it though (it happened when
was a kid also).