ruptured eardrum
Perforated hearing membrane
A ruptured eardrum is a tear or hole in the thin membrane separating the ear canal from the middle ear.
Causes include infection, sudden pressure changes, loud noises, or physical trauma.
Symptoms typically involve pain, hearing loss, and sometimes discharge.
Most heal on their own within weeks: The doctor said my ruptured eardrum should heal without surgery.
- perforatedHaving holes throughout
- tympanicOf or like drums
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- middle earSound-conducting body chamber
- inner earBalance and hearing center
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