What does touching your ear mean in body language?

In body language, a person might touch their ears if they heard something they didn’t want to hear. Hearing negative news, for example, could motivate a person to touch their ears.

If a person said something that they didn’t like, they might touch their ears as they hear themselves talking.

If a person started lying and didn’t like that or didn’t like how they told a lie, they might touch their ears while speaking. If the person is okay with lying, this gesture won’t happen.

A person might touch their ear if they don’t want to hear what is being said. This gesture might be the adult version of putting both hands on both ears. (See Why do people touch their nose while speaking?)

If a person disagrees with you on something that you just said, they might touch one of their ears right after saying that thing.

If the person doesn’t want to hear what someone is saying, this might lack interest. The gesture itself does not mean that a person lacks interest, but they don’t want to listen. (See Why some people are not interested in others?)

If a person thought of a negative thing in their head, then they might touch their ears. In such a case, the thought represented a talking person who said something negative.