Why do peoples ears pop at different times?

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When driving through different elevations with someone their ears popped and then mine did about a minute after. Why would mine pop after? Is it the size difference? How much we swallowed? Are my ears stupid?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Some people are better at popping their ears than others or are trying more often. After I learned to scuba dive, I because much more aware of pressure differences. I can feel the differences earlier than I used to, and work on “clearing my ears” or equalizing the pressure earlier than someone else might.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Our ear canals and head structure are not all identical over handle changes in pressure a little differently.

In the grand scheme of things; 45-60 seconds later is still “at the same time” but our sense of self importance makes us think that that is a loooong time