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At the press site, a pressure wave of a sonic boom came in with a double punch to the eardrums, followed by the roar of the engines from the pad only 3 miles away and the whistling echo bouncing off the massive Vehicle Assembly Building, making a sound reminiscent of bottle rockets.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who delayed seeking care or skipped it altogether, including a child who suffered a ruptured eardrum and a patient with a burst appendix.
—Daniel Payne, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Moon incurred tinnitus following an injury to his eardrum in recent years, which impacted his ability to work.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
But on a flight back home from a chess tournament, his eardrums burst, forever altering the career path that once felt like destiny.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2026
Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who delayed seeking care or skipped it altogether, including a child who suffered a ruptured eardrum and a patient with a burst appendix.
—Daniel Payne, STAT, 3 Feb. 2026
Moon incurred tinnitus following an injury to his eardrum in recent years, which impacted his ability to work.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
But on a flight back home from a chess tournament, his eardrums burst, forever altering the career path that once felt like destiny.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
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“Eardrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eardrum. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm 
: the thin membrane that separates the outer and middle ear and carries sound waves as vibrations to the chain of tiny bones in the middle ear
called also tympanic membrane, tympanum
Medical Definition
eardrum
noun
ear·drum
-ˌdrəm
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