eardrum

Example Sentences

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Moon incurred tinnitus following an injury to his eardrum in recent years, which impacted his ability to work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

When you hear a sound through your ear, what you’re really experiencing are changes in air pressure that cause your eardrum to vibrate.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

That's because each ear infection can potentially impair hearing with fluid building up behind the eardrum.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

Another is, obviously, the fact that you should not push the Q-tip so far that it touches the eardrum.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2023

First, they cleared my ear canal of scar tissue and bone fragments; it was then that they discovered my eardrum had been shattered.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai