i went in to an ear, nose, throut dr in longview last week. he said there isn't any scar tissue around my ear drum, so the hole was probably caused when i was hit (not that hard, i might add) in a basketball game 2 weeks ago. there's a 50-50 chance that the hole will heal on its own. if it's not looking like it will heal within 3 or 4 weeks, he'll patch my ear drum with skin from behind my ear...sounds like fun, doesn't it?