Recently came across this article on ears which I thought would be useful to share with the board. Although many of the subjects about ear care that were spoken about I was already aware of, there is some good solid advice offered in this article for those unfamiliar with your ears and care of.
In part 6 they speak about
chorda tympani which I myself suffered from for almost a year after my last operation. It was horrible unable to taste (mostly everything that entered my mouth may be it fluids or solids tasted salty), only after 5 minutes after drinking a glass of red wine had I known I had had a glass, characterized by the effects of alcohol took place

Here is the link to the article on Yahoo
http://health.yahoo.net/articles/womens-health/photos/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-your-ears#0What are your thoughts on it? Agree, disagree, have something to add?
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