Usage examples for ear:

• Then Karin went up to Halvor and whispered in his ear "Jerusalem" – Selma Lagerlöf

• " This is the first time that name ever struck my ear replied Canalis. "Modeste Mignon" – Honore de Balzac

• " I noticed that he seemed not to have much of an ear for music," he commented, with a little laugh. "The Damnation of Theron Ware" – Harold Frederic

• The whole hunt is out of ear shot, and all hope of coming in is over. "Tom Brown's School Days" – Thomas Hughes