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The eardrum functions similarly to a stretched rubber sheet.

When sound enters our ears, it travels down a canal at the end of which a thin membrane is stretched tightly. It is called the eardrum. The sound vibrations causes the eardrum to vibrate and these vibrations are send to the inner ear. From there, the signal goes to the brain. That is how we hear.