How to Use middle ear in a Sentence

middle ear

noun

• The painful eardrum spasms were the result of the contractions of one or both of the middle ear muscles.
  — Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
• The eustachian tube connects the back of your nose to your middle ear.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
• Three of the five in the last group have fevers that are easing, and three have middle ear infections.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2018
• Two bones from the lower jaw migrated to the middle ear and joined the stapes, forming a chain of three bones.
  — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
• The middle ear has two muscles, the tensor tympani and the stapedius.
  — Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
• Here’s how hearing works: Sound vibrations first hit the eardrum, which causes the three small bones in the middle ear to vibrate.
  — Dallas News, 21 July 2021
• The mammalian ear is unique, with three tiny bones in the middle ear, two of which are derived from bones that make up the jaw in most other vertebrates.
  — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2022
• The major nerve carrying taste signals travels through the middle ear on its way from tongue to brain.
  — Kirsten Weir, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
• The first, conductive hearing loss, is due to a blockage in the outer or middle ear that stops sounds from getting through.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2022
• An in-person test is advised when a doctor suspects that middle ear (or retrocochlear) problems are the cause of the hearing loss.
  — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 18 Mar. 2021
• In a radical mastoidectomy, the surgeon will first make a cut behind the ear and then use a bone drill to open access to the middle ear cavity.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
• In 2017 Dr Pagano suggested this could be because of the orientation of the Eustachian tube, which is located just inside the eardrum, and connects the middle ear to the back of the throat.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• The throat end of this tube opens when a person swallows, allowing air to be sucked in or pushed out of the middle ear so that its internal air pressure matches the outside world.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• The middle ear bones push on the fluid inside a structure called the cochlea, and that fluid moving then drives the vibration of sensory cells called outer hair cells.
  — Dallas News, 21 July 2021
• Like your sinuses, your middle ear makes mucus-y fluid to flush out debris.
  — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022
• If the air pressure inside the middle ear is different from the outside, the eardrum will not vibrate properly and sounds appear muffled.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2022
• If a middle ear infection spread to the mastoid bone, the bone's honeycomb-like structure would have also filled with fluid and mucus.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022
• As the plane lands and outside air pressure rapidly increases, too much air can enter into your middle ears.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 18 Aug. 2018
• Your eardrum, also known as your tympanic membrane, is where your middle ear begins.
  — Amber Brenza, SELF, 4 Feb. 2018
• Once your eardrum starts vibrating, the ossicles in your middle ear start vibrating, too.
  — Amber Brenza, SELF, 4 Feb. 2018
• Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear cavity behind the eardrum.
  — Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
• For example, sinus and middle ear infections will often clear up on their own.
  — Amanda Gardner, Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• Your middle ear also has a crucial component called the Eustachian tube that equalizes pressure between the air outside the air and the air within your middle ear.
  — Brian Robinson, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
• When sound enters your ear, your eardrum translates the air vibrations into mechanical vibrations of the tiny middle ear bones.
  — Timothy Hsu, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2021
• And while an ear specialist would later confirm that Parsons' outer and middle ear looked healthy, the problem not only continued… but was getting worse.
  — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• In addition, the donor’s corneas, intestine, middle ear, bones, bone marrow, skin and connective tissue all can be harvested to help improve the lives of ailing or injured patients.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Nestled within the bony ridge just inside the middle ear, the three semi-circular canals protrude at right angles to each other off a central sac, the utricle, like handles on a surrealist coffee mug.
  — Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2021
• These tubes open and close regularly to adjust the air pressure in your middle ear, remove natural fluids from your middle ear, and circulate new air inside your ear, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 30 Mar. 2022
• Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are also at risk for pneumonia and bronchitis, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath, middle ear disease, ear infections and slowed lung growth.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 8 Aug. 2023
• This triplet of middle ear bones gives mammals sensitive hearing compared with many other land vertebrates, especially in the high frequencies.
  — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 28 Jul 2024