• Question: Why do our ears not hurt if we press it

    Asked by keiya on 17 Jul 2023.
    • Photo: Bruno Silvester Lopes

      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 17 Jul 2023:

      Mine hurt!

    • Photo: Hannah Scholes

      Hannah Scholes answered on 17 Jul 2023:

      The nerve endings/receptors in the skin on your ear are much less sensitive than say the ones on your fingers. They can still detect pain and send that signal to your brain, but it takes a lot more pressure before it registers as pain. 🙂

    • Photo: Kip Heath

      Kip Heath answered on 20 Jul 2023:

      Mine do! But I suspect it’s to do with pressure. I’m not sure though. Sorry.

    • Photo: Clare Morrow

      Clare Morrow answered on 24 Jul 2023:

      A lot of the nerves are in the inner ear – so you get an ear ache sometimes (and due to pressure build up), the skin, however needs a large pain input to react.

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