Can you make sound come out of your ears?

[Dilbertian]

I can make clicking and roaring noises in my ears, and the truly weird thing is that others can hear the clicking.

I always thought it was all in my head, until one day I was curled up on the sofa, clicking away in my head, with teen dd snuggled up next to me, and suddenly she asked "What's that clicking noise?"

Google suggests that I am tensing my tensor tympani muscle to make the roaring noise, but I cannot find any explanation for how I make the clicking noise. I think it must be something to do with the Eustacian Tube, as I cannot do it when I'm bunged up with a cold.

Any other ear weirdies out there, who can generate sound from their ears?

Yes, I can click my ears - it's normal? When I was a child I'd occasionally be told not to do it because making random noises is a bit rude, but I never met anyone who was physically unable to do it.

It's a bit like saying you can fart. Sure, you can. Well done you. But most people don't!

(DD does the roaring noise for fun, because she thinks she sounds like a dinosaur. Apparently - based on the other mums in my antenatal group - this is standard too.)

I would disagree that it's something anyone can do! I can't do it, anyway, and I've never heard of anyone else being able to do it

I've never heard of anyone being able to do this!

What??? From your ears? Definitely a no from me, I can't even think how I would try!

@Harmarsuperstar, are you sure? Try closing your mouth and flexing the muscles at the back of your throat/nose (as you would to 'pop' your ears on a plane). It's around that area. It is much easier to show people in person, but honestly, it's a normal bodily movement.

I can't do it either.

No honestly I really haven't ever come across people who can make clicking and raring sounds with their ears

I can’t make my ears click but I can with my eyes.

You can make your eyes click?!

I can't make my ears click. I've never heard anyone else's ears click. I can make them make a rumbling sound though, which I found out recently not everyone can do.

I can do the clicking and the roaring noise too but I think I can only hear it in my head, not anyone else

I can make my ears click but not sure if it's audible to others.

Eyes...? Never heard of that!

I can't believe people on here have never met anybody who can't make their ears make clicking or roaring noises! Even my dog sits there of an evening making his ears make funny roaring, dinosaur noises.

Do you all live under rocks!?

(jk, obv).

Yes to the rumbling/roaring but no idea re the clicking. Not sure how you'd click your ears.

Seriously though. If anybody can teach me how to make my ears roar like dinosaurs, I would cross your palms with silver.

I've always done the roaring noise but never made a click. But I just did it whilst reading this thread and realise there is a tiny click at the end that others can maybe hear.

Yes! I can make like a clicking/rumbling noise with my ears, but I'm not sure it's possible for anybody else to hear. If it is, the my DP has been very polite not to point it out

I promise I'm not bonkers - though see why you might think so!

Apparently (I googled too) if we couldn't do this, our ears would blow at a high altitude. So it's a basic human thing. It's more audible with some people than others, but it's absolutely not strange.

How very weird. As far as I know, nobody I know does this and I have never heard of it.

People can make their ears and eyes makes noises. To think I’m still impressed with those who can wiggle their ears, this feels next level.

I’m commenting on this thread as I feel there will be more face noises revealed along the way!

I have recurrent sinusitis, when it's bad I hold my nose and blow and an audible squeak comes out of my ears.

I have a funny thing with my ears too. If I hold my nose and blow as if I'm trying to pop my ears I get a clicky/popping noise and I feel something move. Then if I press my face beside my ear it feels a bit puffy and when I push it it makes the same noise. I first noticed it when trying to blow up one of those long sausage balloons you get in a multi pack

Google suggests that I am tensing my tensor tympani muscle to make the roaring noise

Yes, I've always been able to do this (as a child I used to think that was what people meant by 'not listening' as I could block out what they were saying to me when I didn't want to hear it) but I can't do the clicking.