What is the particle には doing in this sentence?


What does the bolded には mean in the following sentence?

> 貫くような衝撃が顎から脳天を突き抜け、次第に目の前が真っ白になってゆく感覚に襲われる中、耳 **には** 銀髪の外国人の興奮した声が入ってきていた。




It's a particle に (marking a direction/destination) followed by a
topic/contrast marker は. は is used because there is a weak contrast between
what's happening to his 目の前 and what's happening to his 耳.

> **耳には** 銀髪の外国人の興奮した声が入ってきていた。  
>  (literally) **into my ears** , an excited voice of a foreigner with silver
> hair was coming.




It's a particle に (marking a direction/destination) followed by a
topic/contrast marker は. は is used because there is a weak contrast between
what's happening to his 目の前 and what's happening to his 耳.

> **耳には** 銀髪の外国人の興奮した声が入ってきていた。  
>  (literally) **into my ears** , an excited voice of a foreigner with silver
> hair was coming.

