Q&A for How to Wiggle Your Ears

The fun of being able to show off your new skill is a benefit.

Concentrate on the muscle behind your chin (not your jaw). Don't just sit there and expect them to move, because they won't. Put your pointer finger right behind your ear. If you have to at first, move your eyebrows. Your ears might move as well. If you do this everyday, you will be able to do it without moving any other muscles except your ear ones.

Unfortunately, some people just don't have the vestigial muscle that lets people wiggle their ears. Not everyone can do it.

The amount of time to practice varies. Some people can't even do it at all.

No. Some people don't have the ability because they don't have the vestigial muscle that enables them to do so, or they can't voluntarily control it.

They are the auricularis superior and the auricularis posterior, which are located above and behind your ears.

It's a normal phenomenon that happens to many people.

No, hyper mobility is when joints have a bit more moving space than usual. Ear wiggling doesn't involve that.

Move your eyebrows as far up as possible and move them away from each other.

Yes but try some other easy methods but if it doesn't work just stick to your original methods.

When you try to move specific ears, the muscles might not be used to the movement. After you have practiced for a while, focus on one ear. You will know if you did it if one of the ears feels motionless, and the other has a tingling feeling.

Try experimenting with moving your eyebrows first, and try to feel the muscle that contracts (either above or behind the ear). Sadly, there's not a specific way to know whether you have the muscle or not. You may find it easier to control later on, or it may have atrophied. Practicing might help locate the muscle, but if you have it, you'll be able to contract it in a few weeks of practice (varies from person to person).

You can only wiggle them if you have the vestigial muscle (not all people have it).

Yes it's a good start. I can only move both if I start to smile and I completely raise my eyebrows.

No, not really.

Probably because you're not used to it, and your muscles don't work as they should, yet. It should get better as you do it more.

Everyone has the muscles responsible for wiggling their ears. It's just a matter of whether or not you know how to consciously control them.

This is how I learned: Rapidly blink one eye and feel behind your ears. There should be some small movement. After a while, (it took me a month) you can learn to control your ears without your eyes. The eyebrows and mouth thing never worked for me, so you should try it this way.

I learned how by yawning. Try to yawn, and feel your ears to see if they move. Then start yawning with your mouth closed, then not at all! You should be able to wiggle them.

Sometimes it comes naturally, and sometimes you have to practice for a long time. Some people can't do it at all! Try to look surprised, and then wiggle your ears from there.

You can impress your friends with this new party trick and laugh about how silly it looks!

Flex your entire cheek. If your ear move even slightly then you have a muscle there. Isolate this muscle by doing the techniques he explained. If it doesn't move though, then you don't have that muscle.