If there is cerumen in the ear canal, if the amount of cerumen is small, the patient will not feel anything, but if there is more cerumen, or if the ear canal is blocked after the cerumen is swollen with water, the patient will feel stuffy inside the ear canal. The patient has chronic purulent otitis media, and the pus flows out of the ear canal into the ear canal and stimulates the skin of the ear canal, causing the feeling of something inside the ear canal. 4. When the patient shakes his head, the fluid moves within the tympanic chamber, which can also induce the feeling of something inside the ear.