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
An eardrum positioned within a curved section of the jawbone would have allowed Thrinaxodon to hear airborne sounds far more effectively than relying on bone conduction alone.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 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
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
Why must it take a pickaxe to the eardrums?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
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
Unlike human eardrums and conventional microphones that detect sound pressure waves, spider silk responds to changes in the velocities of air particles as they are thrust about by a sound field.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
He tried very hard to look as though he couldn’t hear the voice that was making his eardrums throb.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
