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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
