Can you hear if your ears are cut off?

Can the victims still hear and smell? Yes, but with more difficulty. The outer part of your ear, known as the pinna, funnels sound into your ear canal, like a megaphone in reverse. If someone cut it off, everything would sound quieter.
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What do you do if you cut the top of your ear?

Cuts and Wounds of the Outer Ear
  1. Stay calm. ...
  2. Calm your child and let them know you can help.
  3. Apply pressure with a clean cloth or bandage for several minutes to stop bleeding.
  4. Wash your hands thoroughly.
  5. Wash the cut area well with soap and water. ...
  6. Apply an antiseptic lotion or cream.
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Can you hear through your mouth?

When you use Sound Bite if you bite down on the metal rod you hear music playing through your teeth. This works because a speaker is attached to the rods and is playing music. When you bite the rod the sound waves travel through the rod and through your teeth and skull to the bones of your ears.
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Can you hear eyes?

Basically, your brain is receiving conflicting signals from your eyes and your ears. While your ears are hearing "ba," your eyes are seeing a mouth pronounce the syllable "va." When that happens, your brain lets the visual information override the auditory information, and the sound appears to change.
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Why do I hear better in the dark?

"Once you put the animals in the dark for about a week, the neurons in the auditory part of the brain start processing sound better," Lee told Live Science. "They can respond to much softer and weaker sound," and have a better sense of pitch, she said.
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What is the white crusty stuff in my ear?

Seborrheic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin condition. It causes flaky, white to yellowish scales to form on oily areas such as the scalp, face, or inside the ear. It can occur with or without reddened skin.
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Does ear skin grow back?

Even the ear skin, by itself, cannot give rise to a regenerate.
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Do pierced ears close up after years?

It's hard to predict how quickly your body will attempt to close a piercing, but as a general rule, the newer it is, the more likely it will close up. For instance: If your piercing is less than a year old, it can close in a few days, and if your piercing is several years old, it can take several weeks.
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How rare is it to have a hole in your ear?

According to research by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), preauricular skin lesions, including pits and tags, affect between five and 10 babies in every 1,000 live births. In general, these holes are minor irregularities that do not cause serious complications.
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Why does my earring hole hurt after years?

An infected ear piercing can also develop years after a person got the original piercing. Usually, the infections are minor, and people can treat them at home without complications. Touching the piercing too often with dirty hands or not cleaning the area can lead to infections.
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Why are babies born with ear tags?

Causes. The external ear forms early in development when six soft tissue swellings (hillocks) fuse together. When the soft tissue fuses together incorrectly, additional appendages may form in front of the ear. These are called preauricular tags and are comprised of skin, fat or cartilage.
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Can you touch your eardrum?

Puncturing or tearing your eardrum

It's possible, but very unlikely, that you'll poke a hole in your eardrum, also known as the tympanic membrane, while cleaning your ears with Q-tips. Your ears have a lot of nerve endings that send powerful feedback to your brain telling you that what you're doing is painful.
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Why does my ear smell like fish?

Ear infection

Ear infections usually occur in your middle ear. They can be either bacterial or viral. The infections are most often painful due to inflammation and buildup. An ear infection can cause drainage and you might notice a bad smell.
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Why is my earwax red?

If your earwax is red or streaked with red, it means there is blood present. This could be due to a scratch, injury or bug bite in the ear canal. If it's also wet and runny, it likely indicates a ruptured eardrum.
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What is an ear Pearl?

Osteomas are pearl-like bony growths in the external ear canal. These can be small or large, and have a variety of shapes. The larger growths tend to be problematic because they interfere with the natural aeration and drainage of the external ear, at times trapping water or debris in the canal.
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Are ear tags harmful?

These skin tags are not associated with hearing problems and are a cosmetic problem only, unless other physical anomalies are also present. They can easily be removed by a surgeon in the future. Ear pits, also known as preauricular pits, are tiny holes located in front of the ear, usually above the ear canal.
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Does a skin tag have roots?

Keratoses are usually very superficial with no underlying “roots,” almost like warts. Some keratoses are caused by sun damage and they are considered pre-cancers. Skin tags (“acrochordons”) are usually small, but can grow steadily and tend to occur in skin folds.
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When can ear tags be removed?

The larger the tag the more likely surgery will be needed. If the tag is closer to the cheek than the ear, your pediatrician may recommend waiting until the child is at least 4 years old before surgically removing the tag.
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Why is my earwax wet?

Wet ears typically mean disease, most likely infection. Ear infections create pus, so that might be why your ear feels wet. That is not the only possible cause, though. It is also possible that you have a type of skin growth inside your ear canal called a cholesteatoma.
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Why is my earwax wet in the morning?

Your ears feel wet because they are making more wax. It really is that simple. Ear wax (properly referred to as cerumen) is a sticky substance that serves as a skin conditioner, dust catcher, insect repellent, and has pretty impressive anti-fungal and anti-microbial properties.
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Why does cleaning ears feel good?

Ears are filled with nerve endings and stimulating these via cotton bud use can “trigger all sorts of visceral pleasure” as well as what dermatologists refer to as the “itch-scratch” cycle; once you start, it is difficult to stop!
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Why do pierced ears smell?

Infected ear piercings sometimes smell bad. Pus, dead skin, and other drainage from the infection can stick to earring posts and backs. This can cause a bad smell to linger. Cleaning the ears and earring posts with either rubbing alcohol or a special ear piercing solution might help.
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Why is my piercing hole black?

The cause of a gray or black piercing hole is usually jewelry made with improper or inferior metals that turn your skin black, gray, bluish-gray, or grayish-black in color. "Argyria" is the proper term for this condition caused by exposure to silver or silver compounds.
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