middle ear
Hammer and anvil
The middle ear is the air-filled cavity between the eardrum and the inner ear, containing three small bones that transmit sound vibrations.
It connects to the throat via the Eustachian tube, which equalizes pressure—the sensation you feel when your ears "pop" during altitude changes.
Middle ear infections are common in children.
Minute skeletal structures
- malleusHammer-shaped hearing bone
- incusMiddle ear ossicle
- stapesInner ear ossicle
- eustachian tubeEar-to-pharynx drainage channel
oval window · round window · tensor tympani · promontory · tympanum · aural · otology
Increasing volume electronically
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- audiometryEvaluation of hearing ability
- sound wavesPressure disturbances carrying noise
- decibelsAcoustic intensity units
frequency · pitch · hearing loss · audiologist · acoustics
Unrestrained emotional discharge
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- bacterialOf or from germs
- viralSpreading quickly online
perforation · mastoiditis · grommets · antibiotics · fever · pediatric
ossicles
Minute skeletal structures
eustachian tube · oval window · round window · tensor tympani · promontory · tympanum · aural · otology
sound amplification
Increasing volume electronically
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- audiometryEvaluation of hearing ability
- sound wavesPressure disturbances carrying noise
decibels · frequency · pitch · hearing loss · audiologist · acoustics
effusion
Unrestrained emotional discharge
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- bacterialOf or from germs
viral · perforation · mastoiditis · grommets · antibiotics · fever · pediatric
perforation
Hole punched through something
- barotraumaInjury from pressure differential
- ear anatomyearwax, cerumen, cochlea, ossicles, vestibule
- Ear Healtheardrums, hearing loss, hearing test, hearing aids, audiogram
- ear types
- hearingcochlea, hearing loss, deaf, hearing test, hearing aid
- earpinna, cochlea, helix, tragus, antihelix
- earsears, pinna, auricle, cochlea, helix