Talk:Middle ear

The second paragraph of this article says the following:

"Middle ear infections are often attributed as a phychosomatic response to great loss or disappointment for upcoming social interactions."

What is the source for this claim? This sentence is rather startling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.231.138.91 (talk) 21:40, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

It looks like this has been removed. Prophylax (talk) 13:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

IS THERE A SOURCE ON THE AMPLIFICATION FROM TYMPANIC MEMBRANE TO OVAL WINDOW?

No, there's no amplification, in an energy sense, just a transform to higher pressure and lower motion. This section had been copied from hearing (sense) which is why it had a dangling forward reference; it was originally contributed by User:DrSculerati a while back, and represented a not quite right viewpoint. So I've reworked it a bit to be more correct. Still could use refs... Dicklyon 00:34, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

what is the relation beyween EUSTACHIAN TUBE and the hearng problems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.29.187 (talk) 06:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

An obstructed eustachian tube can lead to fluid build up in the middle ear, causing a conductive hearing loss. Prophylax (talk) 13:50, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

This has been added to the clinical significance. Prophylax (talk) 13:51, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

There need to be more citations for this site! Saritamackita (talk) 21:13, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Paragraph removed

I removed the following paragraph from the "Sound transfer" section:

Ordinarily, waves travel in a system of fluids and membranes in the inner ear. This system should not be confused, however, with the propagation of sound as compression waves in a liquid.

I cannot make out the meaning of this paragraph. What exactly should not be confused? Why the "ordinarily" qualification? Don't the waves travel in the fluid system of the inner ear as compression waves? AxelBoldt (talk) 21:02, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Here is the unreverted vandalism that made has of it. I'll put it back the old way. And no, most of the energy of waves in the inner ear are not compression waves, but waves of displacement where the restoring force is the basilar membrane compliance, as opposed to fluid compressibility. Dicklyon (talk) 21:50, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, it reads much better now! AxelBoldt (talk) 16:33, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

"auditory tube"

Is the "auditory tube" in the image, the Eustachian tube? If so, given that "auditory tube" does not appear in the text, and could be confused by a layman with the external auditory canal, could it be renamed "the Eustachian tube"? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:11, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out, Richardson mcphillips. Our article on the auditory tube also redirects to Eustachian tube. We can't change the picture here, but please feel free to make any changes to the caption (and to the article in general if you believe it is an improvement!). Cheers, --Tom (LT) (talk) 02:09, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I was wondering if it is possible to edit a picture. Richardson mcphillips (talk) 14:15, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

It looks like the picture has been removed. Prophylax (talk) 13:52, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Unclear about amplifications

I came to find out how sound gets amplified and by how much at each step but this article isn't clear about it. --Waqqashanafi (talk) 03:01, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

Impedance Matching

Impedance matching should be expanded on. Chandramaas (talk) 19:12, 22 September 2016 (UTC)