Received by the ears (5)
I believe the answer is:
aural
'received by the ears' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for aural that I've seen before include "of air" , "but not in the nose!" , "Relating to the hearing organs" , "Relating to the ear" , "To do with hearing or the ears" .)