How to Use outer ear in a Sentence

outer ear

noun
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  • The wingtips help the top of the buds snap into the upper portion of your outer ear.
    — Jeffrey Van Camp, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Tilt your head and pull your outer ear up and back to straighten your ear canal.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Bleeding from the outer ear is common when the tight-fitting helmet is forced off.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • When the water has drained out, gently dry your outer ear with a towel or blow dryer.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Jan. 2019
  • Some models put most of the electronics behind the ear, then run a wire or tube to a receiver in the ear canal or fit it into the outer ear.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The outer ear is one of the newer places clinicians are exploring as an access point to the vagus nerve.
    — Katie Palmer, STAT, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Sound waves enter your outer ear and travel to the middle portion via a narrow passageway called the ear canal.
    — Cassie Shortsleeve, SELF, 18 Aug. 2018
  • These soft, putty-like silicone earplugs are easy to use — just warm them up by kneading them with your fingers and molding them around the edges of your outer ear canal to create a seal.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2023
  • Tiny hair cells lined up in the outer ear leap and sway, transmitting sound’s vibrations to other hair cells in the inner ear that carry information via nerves to the brain.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 9 May 2022
  • When finished, gently dry your outer ear with a towel or handheld dryer.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Then, use a rubber-bulb syringe to gently squirt warm water into your ear canal, tilt your head, pull your outer ear up and back to straighten your ear canal, and tip your head to the side to let the liquid drain out.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 11 Jan. 2019
  • Surfer’s ear is different from the more common swimmer’s ear, which is a bacterial infection in the outer ear canal.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The Outer Ear: The auricle (pinna) is thevisible portion of the outer ear.
    — Brian Robinson, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2022
  • With right sides together, pin together an inner and outer ear.
    — Heidi Palkovic, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aids have a hard plastic case containing the electronics behind the ear and a small wire connected to a plastic earmold that fits into the outer ear.
    — Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Auricular muscles control the pinna or visible part of the outer ear.
    — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Andre was born with microtia, a birth defect where the outer ear does not fully develop during pregnancy.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The cartilaginous ridges, troughs and protuberances of the outer ear also alter sound before it is transduced into nerve signals.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • In a first for medicine, a surgeon has successfully implanted an outer ear developed and 3D-printed in a laboratory.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 2 June 2022
  • The implant is specifically for patients with microtia, a rare congenital ailment where the outer ear is either underdeveloped or doesn't exist at all.
    — Li Cohen, CBS News, 2 June 2022
  • To alleviate her suffering, veterinarians eventually decided to remove Lady's outer ear flaps -- which left her looking a little funny.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 19 Jan. 2020

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