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The device will completely block the ear canal and cause a low buzzing noise that makes drifting off hard.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Sound travels normally through the ear canal, eardrum, and into the fluid-filled inner ear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The design of hearing aids muffles or blocks almost all of the natural unamplified sounds that stream into your ear canal.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

"The ear drum, or tympanic membrane, is a thin, flat piece of tissue that stretches across the ear canal," said Hoberman.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 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