# Which ear do you use for the phone? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488 "2011-12-27T03:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/21 "2011-12-27T10:20:42Z")
Right handed, right eared. My phone at work is on my left. That is why my phone cords were always tangled. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/22 "2011-12-27T16:23:54Z")
Although I’m a lefty, I still use the right ear. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/23 "2011-12-27T16:40:04Z")
Right handed, right ear. It takes more effort to listen with my left ear. It’s like the words are going to a part of my brain that is not as good at processing language. But then, I think my hearing is slightly impaired in my left ear, so that could be it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/24 "2011-12-27T16:48:54Z")
left-handed, but i start out using the right ear because of mild hearing damage from a childhood disease in the left. if the right ear gets too warm from the cellphone (no landline at home any more), i’ll switch for a little while provided there’s not a lot of ambient noise around me. the noise makes it harder to hear with the left. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/25 "2011-12-27T17:49:45Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > I’m right handed but normally use my left ear for the phone. I only use my right ear if I’ve been on for a long time and my left ear starts to hurt. Couldn’t have said it better myself. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/26 "2011-12-27T18:17:46Z")
Left handed. I generally start out on my left ear, but easily switch to right if I need to write or my ear gets warm from the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/27 "2011-12-28T05:27:43Z")
I’m right-handed and always use my left ear to hear on the phone. If I have a cold and my left ear gets stopped up I’m virtually deaf. I’ve had my hearing tested and it’s “fine.” But if my left ear is out of commision I rely on lip-reading and shout on the phone, in hopes that the other person will shout at me. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/28 "2011-12-28T06:18:26Z")
I’m right-handed and I use my left ear for the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/29 "2011-12-28T11:31:20Z")
VERY left-handed; VERY left-eared. I cannot possibly DIAL a phone or cellphone with my right hand! My hearing is, to the best of my knowledge, equal in both ears, FWIW. Stereo, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488/30 "2011-12-28T21:20:27Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > For some reason on my cell I _think_ I use my left hand for some reason, though I’m right-handed. I figured out why. To turn it on you have to make that little slidey motion on the screen to turn it on, which I do with my right hand, so I just leave it in my left. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ear-do-you-use-for-the-phone/607488.md?page=1)