Why don’t our ears get tired from hearing sound all day, like our eyes get tired from looking at things?

Question

Why don’t our ears get tired from hearing sound all day, like our eyes get tired from looking at things?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Eyes get tired if you focus on things like computer screens, phones, and reading, i.e. you’re constantly looking at something up close and blinking with reduced frequency.

We evolved in an outside world where we spent most of the time walking through the woods, not focused at anything in particular, and looking at longer distances.