Your doctor will stop the exam and remove the otoscope if the pain worsens. Your doctor may dim the lights in the exam room to make it easier to see your ear canal and eardrum with an otoscope.

By the same token, there's no real reason the above, seemingly mundane clip of Pat LaFontaine at the doctor should have ... sensory meridian response, or ASMR. It's a neologism for a sensation ...