Ear Ear

[Alan Medic]

Having a minor blockage in my right ear which I use for telephone calls I tried using my left ear so I could hear better. It worked but it felt really uncomfortable. I'm left handed, which from what I read suggests using my right ear is normal.

But why the hell does using the other ear feel weird? It's like you can hear but can't process the details of the conversation.

Any facts out there I should know about?

[*Bob*]

It's like cracking one off with the 'other' arm, Alan.

Doesn't feel right at first. Practice makes perfect though.

[Alan Medic]

Thanks for that *Bob*. I thought maybe it was because I only have half a brain.

[Mick Mac]

> I'm left handed, which from what I read suggests using my right ear is normal.

Really? I'm very much a right handed & right ear man myself

[maxxi]

Right ear, right now.

[????]

Has anyone done the hilarious 'pardon?' Joke yet?

[Loz]

What?

[Annette Curtain]

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[Alan Medic]

This explains the discomfort with using the left ear. Only 'cause I know you are interested.

The Learning Ear

Did you know that your right ear has a different job to do than your left ear? Did you know that we all have a dominant ear? Did you know that it makes a hell of a difference whether your right or left ear is your dominant ear? Tomatis discovered that people who are right ear dominant learn much more easily than those who are left ear dominant. In hindsight, that is quite logical. The right ear is directly connected to the left brain, the brain that processes language. That is a direct, fast connection. If you listen with your left ear, the sounds first go to the right brain. That part of the brain has no language center and, therefore, the information has to be rerouted to the left brain via the Corpus Callosum. Because that?s a longer pathway, the information is delayed. Left-ear-dominant people thus have to play catch-up all the time. Not only is the information late, it is also incomplete. In the transfer from the right brain to the left brain, some of the higher frequencies are lost. As we have seen before, these are the frequencies that are key to distinguish similar sounds (like a B and a P). Left-ear-dominant people thus not only have to play catch-up, they also have to play with an incomplete deck.T

[womanofdulwich]

how do you find out which ear is dominant?

[Alan Medic]

Answer the phone?

[Dopamine1979]

No need to wax lyrical

[womanofdulwich]

i always thought if you are right handed you pick up phone with your left hand so you can write with your right and vica versa?