21. The guttural pouches connect the middle ear to the pharynx. 22. Team doctor Martin Raftery said Noriega has a middle ear infection and cannot travel. 23. Quadrate and articular bones are much smaller and form part of the middle ear . 24. The exact reason is unknown, but suggestions include a sinus or middle ear problem. 25. Some conditions are amenable to surgical intervention such as middle ear fluid, cholesteatoma, otosclerosis. 26. The Bee Gees run a music production company in Miami called Middle Ear Studios. 27. The illnesses included tonsilitis, sinusitis, laryngitis, and bronchitis, as well as middle ear infections. 28. He also described the use of this maneuver to expel pus from the middle ear . 29. By-passing problems in the outer and middle ears entirely. 30. Hearing loss that results from changes in the middle ear is called conductive hearing loss.