noun

a small bone in your middle ear between the hammer and the stirrup

prefix

sound or hearing: used with some adjectives and nouns

adjective

relating to hearing

noun

a nerve in your ear that sends signals relating to hearing and balance from your inner ear to your brain

adjective

relating to your ears or hearing

noun

a part of your inner ear that has a spiral shape and contains very small hairs that move when sound waves come into your ear

adjective

not able to hear anything, or not able to hear very well. Many deaf people wear a hearing aid to help them hear. Deaf people often use their hands to communicate in sign language, and many can lip-read what other people are saying

verb

to make someone unable to hear either temporarily or permanently

noun

someone who cannot hear or speak. This word is now considered offensive.

noun

one of the two parts at the sides of your head that you hear with

noun

the ability to hear and judge sounds

noun

pain in your ear, usually caused by an infection

noun

a piece of tightly stretched skin inside your ear that vibrates when sound reaches it

noun

the soft part at the bottom of your ear

noun

a small piece of plastic or rubber that you put in your ear to keep noise or water out

noun

an object that people used in the past to help them to hear, shaped like a tube that is wide at one end

noun

a dark yellow substance in your ears

noun

one of the two tubes in your body that connect your ears to your throat and control the air pressure in your ears

noun

the outside part of the ear

noun

the malleus in the ear

adjective

unable to hear well

noun

someone who hears what someone else says

noun

your ability to hear sounds

noun

a small piece of equipment that someone wears in their ear to help them to hear

adjective

unable to hear as well as most people can. Many people now prefer this word to deaf.

noun

a small bone in your middle ear between the malleus and the stapes

noun

a system in which a wire around a room such as a theatre sends a signal to the hearing aids of people in the room

noun

the inside part of your ear that controls your balance and your ability to hear

verb

to look at someone’s lips in order to understand what they are saying because you cannot hear them

noun

your earlobe

noun

an ear

noun

an ear

noun

the first of three small bones in your middle ear that carry sound from your eardrum to your inner ear

noun

the part of your ear that is between the outer part that you can see and your eardrum

noun

the part of your ear that is on the outside of your head

noun

the part of your ear that is on the outside of your head

verb

if your ears pop, you feel a sudden change of pressure in them. This often happens when you are going up or down very quickly, for example in a plane.

noun

one of the three tubes in your inner ear that is shaped like half of a circle and is important for balance

adjective

able to hear even very quiet sounds

a small bone in your middle ear that is nearest to your inner ear

noun

a small bone in your middle ear that is nearest to your inner ear

verb

to put liquid into someone’s ears using a tube, in order to clean them

adjective

unable to sing a tune correctly because you cannot hear the difference between musical notes

noun

the middle part of your inner ear, between the cochlea and the semicircular canals

noun

earwax

noun

noun

very deaf