How to Use middle ear in a Sentence

middle ear

noun
  • 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
  • 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 middle ear has two muscles, the tensor tympani and the stapedius.
    — Christopher Linstrom, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2011
  • 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 major nerve carrying taste signals travels through the middle ear on its way from tongue to brain.
    — Kirsten Weir, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
  • Pinching your nose might guide that pressure through the eustachian tube and into your middle ear.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Like your sinuses, your middle ear makes mucus-y fluid to flush out debris.
    — Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022
  • This research supports the idea that the mammalian middle ear slowly evolved from the mammalian form.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Your eardrum, also known as your tympanic membrane, is where your middle ear begins.
    — Amber Brenza, SELF, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Eustachian tubes connect your middle ear to the back of your throat and help regulate ear pressure.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
  • For example, sinus and middle ear infections will often clear up on their own.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Eustachian tubes connect the middle ears to the back of the nose and throat, and help equalize air pressure inside the ears.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 3 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Once your eardrum starts vibrating, the ossicles in your middle ear start vibrating, too.
    — Amber Brenza, SELF, 4 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Otitis media is an infection of the middle ear cavity behind the eardrum.
    — Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
  • This infection occurs when fluid is trapped behind the eardrum, and parts of the middle ear become infected.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The mic is designed to be implanted inside the middle ear, with its triangular tip resting against part of the eardrum known as the umbo.
    — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 19 July 2024
  • While there are six different types of ear infections, the most common is otitis media, a middle ear infection.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 30 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • This is a condition where the tiny bones of the middle ear develop excess bony growth, which impairs the conduction of sound and leads to hearing loss.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Allergies can cause inflammation in the Eustachian tubes, which connect the nose and throat to the middle ear.
    — Sarah Hudgens, Health, 9 May 2025
  • 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
  • The most common mechanism involves the Eustachian tube - the narrow canal that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose and throat.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Earwax buildup, fluid behind the eardrum or middle ear issues may physically obstruct sound and airflow.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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

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