In Hamlet, the first act there's a quote that says,

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.

There's another quote that's famous about listening and ears that says,

we were given two ears and one mouth, because it's twice as important to listen,

especially before you speak. In fact, your ears are super important.

Without them, you'd lose your balance.

They actually continue growing with age.

They're important for sound regulation,

and they never actually turn off.

In fact, you don't stop hearing things at night, your brain just adjusts what you're supposed to listen to.

It's pretty clear that we're going to be talking about ears than this week's podcast, and remember,

we want to talk about more than just when Mike Tyson bit off of

Ander Holyfield's ear.

What we're going to be doing this week, folks,

is we're going to be talking about Otitis externa,

which everyone knows as swimmer's ear.

It's that inflammation of the external auditory canal.

So listen up, open your ears, pay attention.

I'm Dr. Nakeet Son Paul, your friendly-neabored internist and gastrantroologist,

and let's put our ears to the ground for this week's topic,

Otitis Externa. and let's put our ears to the ground for this week's topic,

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