(nū'mō-mă-sahzh'), Compression and rarefaction of the air in the external auditory canal, causing movement of an intact tympanic membrane. [G. pneuma, air, + massage]
pneumomassage
(nū″mō-mă-săzh′) [Gr. pneuma, air, + massein, to knead] Massage of the tympanum with air to cause movement of the ossicles of the inner ear.