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In-ear buds fit inside the ear canal but can contribute to hearing damage because of that internal placement.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 3 Dec. 2024
Consider that, at this very moment, a cacophony of biological conversations is blasting through dime-size patches of skin just inside and outside the openings to your ear canals.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 May 2019
The trade-off is that music or podcasts can get masked easily by loud or chaotic environments, especially with buds that keep your ear canals fully exposed.
—Ryan Waniata, WIRED, 15 Feb. 2024
Sir Flaps-a-Lot and its kind have ears as long as almost 1.5 inches that funnel sound into the ear canal.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Ear canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ear%20canal. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
ear canal
nounMedical Definition
ear canal
noun
: the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane
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