| A | B |
|---|
| audi/o | sound |
| tympanic membrane | myring/o |
| aur/o; auricul/o; ot/o | ear |
| audiometer | electrical device for measuring hearing |
| earache | otodynia |
| otorrhea | fluid discharge from the ear |
| otoscope | device for looking into the ear |
| audiologist | specialist who measures hearing efficiency and treats hearing impairment |
| tympanectomy | surgical removal of the ear drum |
| tuning fork | instrument that vibrates when struck |
| decibel | db; DB |
| AS | left ear |
| cerumen | ear's chief infection fighter |
| eustachian tube | connects the middle ear to the nasal passages |
| inner ear | picks up sound at the oval window |
| organisms | in the nasal passages can cause infection in the ears |
| auricle | outermost part of the ear |
| presbyacusis | hearing loss that occurs with aging |
