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auditory canal
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auditory canal

Tube leading from the outer ear opening to the eardrum. It is found only in animals whose eardrums are located inside the skull, principally mammals and birds.



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If you stick a Q-Tip in there and spin it around, the skin past the opening to the ear canal is so delicate, it is easily damaged," he says.
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For kids and adults, this may lead to swimmer's ear if water lingers in the ear canal.
 
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