why do ears keep growing as we get older?

[filthiestfis]

why do ears keep growing as we age yet the rest of our body shrinks?

[buildersmate]

Are you speaking for yourself, Mr Spock?

[Mortartube]

And why, when you get older, and your ears are larger, yet you can't hear as well?

[wildwood]

Sorry, I remember reading about it but have forgotten why. All I remember is that it has to do with ears being cartilage and it is caused by a regenerative malfunction (well, that's my excuse)

[ugly_bob]

Apparently, your nose keeps growing too. Which is cartilage too, so that makes sense.

[skilliyay]

the nose doesn't make scents, it senses them!

[stevie21]

Your eyeballs stay the same size, ears and nose grow and everything else shrinks and sags. What way to start a Thursday morning! lol

[elle.b]

holy smoke! you learn something new every day....is this really a fact....or has someone been having a laugh!

[filthiestfis]

No man its a fact. Go look at your grandad or someone old, look at their ears, they look huge!

[elle.b]

wow! you so know im straight round the local old folks home in the mornin to check this phenomonen out! ..........just had a thought tho.....maybe ears dont grow but your face shrinks.....or somethin....maybe.

[filthiestfis]

lol everything shrinks but im certain that ears elongate. I checked my dad's out.

[elle.b]

i need 2 get out more......think this is goin to take over my life...

[tubeway]

The skin gets looser in the ears too
I am an audiologist - I look at ears for a living

[filthiestfis]

nice tubeway. Maybe you can tell us more.