One of my ear canal is in a different shape. When I was young, my mother would tell me that this one was harder to clean, and that ze couldn’t see my ear-drum. This ear gets wax accumulation more easily. A few months ago, I decided to let it block.
Obvious possible cognitive bias is the “just world bias”: if something bad happens often enough, I’ll start think it’s good.
But here are benefits this has for me:
When sleeping, I can put my good ear on the pillow, and this now isolates me from sound pretty well. And isn’t uncomfortable unlike alternatives (ie.: earmuffs, second pillow, my arm).
I’m only using one ear, so that if I become hard-of-hearing when older (a common problem I think), then I can remove the wax from my backup hear.
This even makes me wonder whether having one of your ear canal differently shaped is something that’s actually been selected for.
Other baffling / really surprising observation: My other hear is also blocked on most morning, but just touching it a bit unblocks it.
Blocking one ear canal
Category: Weird life optimization
One of my ear canal is in a different shape. When I was young, my mother would tell me that this one was harder to clean, and that ze couldn’t see my ear-drum. This ear gets wax accumulation more easily. A few months ago, I decided to let it block.
Obvious possible cognitive bias is the “just world bias”: if something bad happens often enough, I’ll start think it’s good.
But here are benefits this has for me:
When sleeping, I can put my good ear on the pillow, and this now isolates me from sound pretty well. And isn’t uncomfortable unlike alternatives (ie.: earmuffs, second pillow, my arm).
I’m only using one ear, so that if I become hard-of-hearing when older (a common problem I think), then I can remove the wax from my backup hear.
This even makes me wonder whether having one of your ear canal differently shaped is something that’s actually been selected for.
Other baffling / really surprising observation: My other hear is also blocked on most morning, but just touching it a bit unblocks it.
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