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Another bolt of lightning struck close on the island, and a split second later a terrific thunderclap tried to beat in our eardrums.
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Arthur Grahame, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2025
With the start of summer concert season, these earplugs are also a great hack for enjoying your favorite artist while not bursting your eardrums or becoming overstimulated.
—Jeaneen Russell, People.com, 2 June 2025
People’s eardrums would have been ringing on their way home.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Two weeks before Sardinha’s murder, Charron allegedly busted her eardrum.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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Arthur Grahame, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2025
With the start of summer concert season, these earplugs are also a great hack for enjoying your favorite artist while not bursting your eardrums or becoming overstimulated.
—Jeaneen Russell, People.com, 2 June 2025
People’s eardrums would have been ringing on their way home.
—Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Two weeks before Sardinha’s murder, Charron allegedly busted her eardrum.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Eardrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eardrum. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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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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