Touching the Ear (or Around the Ear) and What it Means

Writer Ken Auletta speaks at the 2010 New Yorker Festival at SVA Theatre 2 on October 2, 2010 in New York City.

If we are touching around the ear while we are speaking it could mean we do not like what we are saying- or what we have to say.

If we are listening, it means we do not like what is being said.

The science about it is the ear (and nose) it is very thin, and when we are bothered, the nerve ending can become exited and subconsciously we often reach for the ear so the nerve ending do not bother us- it is a pacifying touch.

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Touching the Ear (or Around the Ear) and What it Means