why do we lose our hearing when we yawn?

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Whenever I yawn I temporarily lose the ability to hear. Why does this happen?

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Because as you expand your mouth everything around your mouth has to move to make room. And this includes the tubes that run between your mouth and your ears. They get pinched off and that increases the pressure inside your ear which temporarily makes it harder for sound to stimulate the eardrum.

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