ear bones

Look for problems of the middle ear bones and the auditory nerve.

The manatee ear bones are large and their hearing is believed to be good.

Remarkably, it has been possible to study the ear bones, which shows how well some of the fossils are preserved.

Mammals are unique in having three ear bones, which allow for finer detection of sound.

She could feel the sound in her ear bones, and, from the way Piemur was pressing behind his ears, he felt it as well.

They may be called ear bones or auditory ossicles.

But when she gets down to the level of the ear bones, even her microscope is not powerful enough to guide her easily.

Spoken so loudly, the deep notes reverberate harshly on my ear bones."

Maybe ear bones destroyed, some huge explosive sound?"

It is also believed that they developed a fully mammalian jaw and also had the three middle ear bones.

Compliance measurement indicates how well the eardrum and ossicles (the three ear bones) are moving.

The ear bones of Rodhocetus are already very whale-like, though the swimming style is very different.

The din can cause permanent damage to the ear bones, and brain and lung haemorrhage.

Studies have shown that ear bones in mammal embryos are attached to the dentary, which is part of the jaw.

The two genera are distinguished by the appearance of the inner ear bones and auditory bulla.

The delicate plastic ear bones are just begging to be snapped, and the toy's many cool functions spark curiosity about how it all works.

Ichthyosaurus ear bones were solid, probably transferring water vibrations to the inner ear.

Coloniatherium is known from a few jaw fragments, a number of isolated teeth, and some petrosals (ear bones).

If the hearing loss is significant an air conduction aid may have difficulty to overcome the dysfunction of the eardrum and middle ear bones.

"He doesn't talk to me by shadowing the retinas any more, Dad; he speaks directly into my ear bones.

Hadrocodium is the earliest creature in which the middle ear bones have detached from the rest of the jaw, allowing them to hear clearly while chewing.

As they evolved, these jaw bones were reduced in size and gradually moved into the ear, forming the middle ear bones.

Based on growth rings in their ear bones (otoliths), scientists infer that individual coelacanths may live as long as 80 to 100 years.

Sometimes artificial ear bones are placed to substitute for damaged ones, or a disrupted ossicular chain is rebuilt in order to conduct sound effectively.