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Ear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3124 words) |
 | The angles between the articulating ear ossicles increase the force applied to the stapes footplate from that of the movement of the malleus (hammer). |
| The inner ear includes both the organ of hearing (the cochlea) and a sense organ that is attuned to the effects of both gravity and motion labyrinth or vestibular apparatus. |
| When sound strikes the ear drum, the movement is transferred to the footplate of the stapes, which presses into one of the fluid-filled ducts of the cochlea. |
| Doctor, Please Explain Ear Tubes (1041 words) |
| Ear tubes are tiny cylinders placed through the ear drum (tympanic membrane) to allow air into the middle ear. |
| Ear tubes are often recommended when a person experiences repeated middle ear infection (acute otitis media) or has hearing loss caused by the persistent presence of middle ear fluid (otitis media with effusion). |
| Other less common conditions that may warrant the placement of ear tubes are malformation of the ear drum or Eustachian tube, Down Syndrome, cleft palate, and barotrauma (injury to the middle ear caused by a reduction of air pressure), usually seen with altitude changes such as flying and scuba diving. |
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