Modern Australian

Why do our ears pop?

  • Written by Chris Brennan-Jones, NHMRC Research Fellow, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia
Why do our ears pop?You may need to pop your ears by yawning when you go up in a plane.

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids to send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. All questions are welcome – serious, weird or wacky!


Hi Curious Kids, My name is James and I live in Melbourne and I’m...