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.” Such a kiss can lead not
only to permanent hearing loss, but a host of other troubling ear
symptoms including ringing, sensitivity to sound, distortion and aural
fullness.