eardrum
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Sound travels normally through the ear canal, eardrum, and into the fluid-filled inner ear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
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
Later, it took surgery to remove the cluster of debris that had accumulated behind my eardrum—something that can happen after eardrum damage occurs.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
"That feeling when it gets too close to your eardrum? It's like that, times 10."
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2024
And I’d bet those Amoses wouldn’t’ve even tried to pull the roach out, and who knows how long I’d’ve had to listen to some terrified roach screaming his head off right up against my eardrum?
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
One year earlier, the band had released “Love,” a pleasantly sweet, folky, country-adjacent tune that melts easily into eardrums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
This crew - smallish in number but sufficiently large to assault the eardrums of the management and players - are an odd bunch.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
For dogs that are extra sensitive to strange sounds, she suggests bringing along cotton balls that can be safely stuffed in your dog’s ears and won’t harm its eardrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
When those vibrations reach our ears, they send a vibration through our eardrums, which is recognized in the brain as sound.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
He flew back over the stands, the noise of the crowd pounding his eardrums, and came in smoothly to land, his heart lighter than it had been in weeks.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
