eardrum

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

The model showed that hedgehogs possess very small, dense middle ear bones along with a partially fused joint between the eardrum and the first of these bones.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 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

Varney entered the ready room a few minutes before 0500 and went immediately into the clipped, faintly Oxonian accent that scraped across Bull’s eardrum like a nail.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

The footsteps were coming nearer: I raised myself on my elbow the better to listen, trying to still the thudding in my eardrums which impeded my hearing.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya