See External Auditory Canal.

The outer portion of the ear that is normally visible. Components of the external or outer ear include the pinna and the external ear canal.

The ear canal—that portion of the external ear between the pinna and the eardrum.

A hearing test which uses an EEG (electroencephalograph) and computer analysis to directly record the brain’s response to sound. Useful in helping to determine a child’s hearing level when the child is too young to cooperate with the audiologist. (See also Auditory Brainstem Response Testing.)

Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome. (See Large Vestibular Aqueduct Syndrome.)

(yoo-STAY-shun) The small tube connecting the back of the throat to the middle ear that allows air into the middle ear and allows naturally-occurring fluid to drain from the middle ear. During yawning and swallowing it temporarily opens to supply air to the middle ear and to equalize the pressure in the middle ear to […]