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  2. Acoustic trauma - Wikipedia

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    If the sound is more intense than 184 dB, the eardrum is ruptured. 184 dB and above usually comes from military sound exposures, such as with the explosion of an IED (improvised explosive device). When a person has a shock wave, not only is the eardrum ruptured, but also has ossicular discontinuities. The explosion or blast if powerful can ...

  3. Tympanoplasty - Wikipedia

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    In the middle of the nineteenth century the British otologists James Yearsley and Joseph Toynbee each developed their own form of artificial eardrum. Despite initial enthusiasm for these devices, experience amongst the medical profession over the following half century demonstrated their minimal value in the treatment of a perforated eardrum ...

  4. Perforated eardrum - Wikipedia

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    Normal ear drum. A perforated eardrum (tympanic membrane perforation) is a prick in the eardrum. It can be caused by infection (otitis media), trauma, overpressure (loud noise), inappropriate ear clearing, and changes in middle ear pressure. An otoscope can be used to view the eardrum to diagnose a perforation. Perforations may heal naturally ...

  5. Middle ear barotrauma - Wikipedia

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    Middle ear barotrauma occurs when a pressure difference develops over the eardrum, causing bulging towards the low pressure side, stretching the tissues which in a severe case can rupture, which immediately equalises the pressure and removes the stretching forces, but leaves local trauma.

  6. Hearing Aid Fitting: What to Expect - AOL

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    First, your clinician will look in the ears to ensure a clear view of the eardrum. A small probe tube is placed in the ear canal near the eardrum. (This part might tickle a bit as it goes in.)

  7. Eardrum - Wikipedia

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    In the anatomy of humans and various other tetrapods, the eardrum, also called the tympanic membrane or myringa, is a thin, cone-shaped membrane that separates the external ear from the middle ear. Its function is to transmit changes in pressure of sound from the air to the ossicles inside the middle ear, and thence to the oval window in the ...

  8. Myringotomy - Wikipedia

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    A myringotomy is a surgical procedure in which an incision is created in the eardrum (tympanic membrane) to relieve pressure caused by excessive buildup of fluid, or to drain pus from the middle ear. A tympanostomy tube may be inserted through the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged time and to prevent reaccumulation of fluid ...

  9. I’m an ear doctor — this is how to safely remove stubborn earwax

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    Cotton swabs "really weren't made to clean your ears — all they do is just push the wax deeper down into your ear canal and this causes an impaction," Dr. Tonia L. Farmer advised.