Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle · Aired Sep 24, 2026
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The vagus nerve is directly connected to the ear and transmits signals to the ear before reaching the brain for processing.
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The vagus nerve does have a small branch at the ear, but it only carries touch sensation from the skin of the ear canal and outer ear to the brainstem. Hearing travels a different route, through the cochlear nerve from the inner ear to the brainstem and on to the hearing areas of the brain. Sound does not pass through the vagus nerve on its way to the brain.
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Is it true that the vagus nerve is directly connected to the ear and transmits signals to the ear before reaching the brain for processing?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The vagus nerve does have a small branch at the ear, but it only carries touch sensation from the skin of the ear canal and outer ear to the brainstem. Hearing travels a different route, through the cochlear nerve from the inner ear to the brainstem and on to the hearing areas of the brain. Tyler Engle said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle, aired Sep 24, 2026, at 2:17:41. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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