middle ear is the portion of the ear medial to the eardrum, and distal to the oval window of the cochlea (of the inner ear). The mammalian middle ear...
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Middle ear barotrauma (MEBT), also known to underwater divers as ear squeeze and reverse ear squeeze, is an injury caused by a difference in pressure between...
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parts: the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists of the pinna and the ear canal. Since the outer ear is the only visible...
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Cholesteatoma (redirect from Cholesteatoma, middle ear)
expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may...
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Middle ear implants work by improving the conduction of sound vibrations from the middle ear to the inner ear. There are two types of middle ear devices:...
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Barotrauma (redirect from Ear fear)
and decompression events. Barotrauma generally manifests as sinus or middle ear effects, lung overpressure injuries and injuries resulting from external...
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The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal...
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Eustachian tube (redirect from Middle ear inflation)
tetrapods, both the middle ear and the ear canal are normally filled with air. Unlike the air of the ear canal, however, the air of the middle ear is not in direct...
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The inner ear (internal ear, auris interna) is the innermost part of the vertebrate ear. In vertebrates, the inner ear is mainly responsible for sound...
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Otitis (redirect from Ear infection)
is a general term for inflammation in ear or ear infection, inner ear infection, middle ear infection of the ear, in both humans and other animals. When...
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Hearing (section Middle ear)
system: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear includes the pinna, the visible part of the ear, as well as the ear canal, which terminates...
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Conductive hearing loss (section Middle ear)
waves anywhere along the pathway through the outer ear, tympanic membrane (eardrum), or middle ear (ossicles). If a conductive hearing loss occurs in...
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Otorhinolaryngology (redirect from Ear nose and throat)
ear or ear canal inflammation Exostoses or Surfer's ear are bony growths in the outer ear canal Middle ear and mastoid diseases Otitis media – middle...
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Otitis media (redirect from Middle ear infection)
diseases of the middle ear. One of the two main types is acute otitis media (AOM), an infection of rapid onset that usually presents with ear pain. In young...
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Ear pain, also known as earache or otalgia, is pain in the ear. Primary ear pain is pain that originates from the ear. Secondary ear pain is a type of...
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Ossicles (redirect from Middle ear bone complex)
bones in either middle ear that are among the smallest bones in the human body. They serve to transmit sound vibrations sent from the ear drum to the fluid-filled...
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process that resulted in the formation of the bones of the mammalian middle ear. These bones, or ossicles, are a defining characteristic of all mammals...
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Oral skills (section Middle ear)
injury. The middle ear is a cavity that is filled with air. The tympanic membrane separates the middle ear from the external ear. The middle ear is joined...
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The outer ear, external ear, or auris externa is the external part of the ear, which consists of the auricle (also pinna) and the ear canal. It gathers...
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Evolution of mammals (redirect from Evolution of the mammalian middle ear and jaw)
Other important research characteristics include the evolution of the middle ear bones, erect limb posture, a bony secondary palate, fur, hair, and warm-bloodedness...
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Acoustic reflex (redirect from Middle-ear-muscle reflex)
(also known as the stapedius reflex, stapedial reflex, auditory reflex, middle-ear-muscle reflex (MEM reflex, MEMR), attenuation reflex, cochleostapedial...
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Ear clearing, clearing the ears or equalization is any of various maneuvers to equalize the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure, by letting...
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Auditory system (section Middle ear)
vibrations to the eardrum, increasing the sound pressure in the middle frequency range. The middle-ear ossicles further amplify the vibration pressure roughly...
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Human embryonic development (section Middle ear)
third to the eighth week the face and neck develop. The inner ear, middle ear and outer ear have distinct embryological origins. At about 22 days into development...
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Tympanic membrane retraction (category Diseases of middle ear and mastoid)
maneuver increases middle ear pressure and can push a retracted eardrum out of the middle ear if it is not adherent to middle ear structures. Hearing...
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Tinnitus (redirect from Ear ringing)
the middle ear. Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs)—faint high-frequency tones that are produced in the inner ear and can be measured in the ear canal...
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Otology (redirect from Ear research)
generally refers to surgery of the middle ear and mastoid related to chronic otitis media, such as tympanoplasty, or ear drum surgery, ossiculoplasty, or...
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Presbycusis (section Middle ear implants)
Baltimore study. Changes in the inner ear, middle ear, and complex changes along the nerve pathways from the ear to the brain can affect hearing. Long-term...
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Tympanostomy tube (redirect from Ear tube)
myringotomy to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time, typically to prevent accumulation of fluid in the middle ear. The tube itself is...
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