Geographically, the country can be divided into 3 areas: the lowland plains in the south, the middle hill region and the high Himalayan regions in the north. It is a developing country still recovering from a civil war which officially ended with a peace agreement in 2006, and prone to frequent natural disasters, like earthquakes and landslides. Nepal is a landlocked country located between India and Tibet / China. I was a volunteer at a new specialist ear center in Western Nepal for 3 years and now I am living with my husband in a mountainous area of Eastern Nepal. I am an Austrian trained Audiologist / Speech and Language Therapist living and working in Nepal. She was finally convinced and the whole family left the ear and the patient was without ear disease or pain.” And she as well saw the green leaves and heard the rain. The demon mother finally had a look as she just couldn’t believe it. All of them told the same: green leaves, rain and thunder. They were still not convinced and sent one son after the other. He went back and reported to his parents. ![]() He went outside and saw green leaves and heard sounds like rain and thunder. Inside, the demons thought it must be summer and they finally can go outside but somehow weren’t sure. They put different green leaves around the affected ear and performed sounds with their drums right in front of the ear. So, he approached the local Lama who finally had a brilliant idea. The person tried everything to treat his ear disease, but nothing really worked. They’ve built their house inside and had 5 sons. But it was actually a demon couple living in this ear. “Once there was a person suffering from ear disease and ear pain. A story about ear disease and where she believes it comes from: ![]() She doesn’t seem bothered, but my eyes are burning and I feel discomfort breathing as I listen to her, telling me a story. An older lady is cooking “Dhido”, a local food, in a pan on the fire. An open fire in front of me is burning and smoke is all over the room. I’m sitting in a small house in the Himalayas, it is already dark outside. ![]() ![]() “Demons in my ear – Stories of ear disease in the Nepalese Himalaya”
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