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 scans produced a high-resolution 3D model of the skull and jaw, capturing precise shapes, angles, and dimensions needed to evaluate how a potential eardrum might work.

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

"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

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

I’d assumed my gait would take on a rhythmic thumping—that auditory mark of cane—but with an aluminum version, this was more of an anemic click, possibly easier on floors and eardrums, but certainly less imposing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

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