SurfMuff®

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Surfer's Ear: (External Auditory Exostosis)
With SurfMuff®, you can keep your ears warm and protected when you surf.

Healthy Ear Free flow of water in and out washes away precious ear wax.

Moderate Exostosis

Severe Exostosis Bony growth typical of exostosis response to cold water and air.

Many advances in wetsuit materials and design have made it possible to keep the body comfortable in even some of the most extreme conditions. Now that same technology has been applied to ears. The medical term for Surfer's Ear is exostosis, which is a bony growth in the ear canal occurring when the bone is irritated by cold over many years of exposure. Cold or warm air blowing over wet skin lowers the temperature by evaporation thus stimulating bony growth. The skin's surface is also cooled by conduction, radiation and convection, which causes heat loss and triggers exostosis.

SurfMuff® protects the ear by insulating the entire outer ear and ear canal. The neoprene cover resists "injections" of cold water. When water does seep in, it readily drains allowing the ear to return to a tropical temperature. Since nothing plugs into the ear canal, hearing is substantially unimpaired.

Many advances in wetsuit materials and design have made it possible to keep the body comfortable in even some of the most extreme conditions. Now that same technology has been applied to ears. The medical term for Surfer's Ear is exostosis, which is a bony growth in the ear canal occurring when the bone is irritated by cold over many years of exposure. Cold or warm air blowing over wet skin lowers the temperature by evaporation thus stimulating bony growth. The skin's surface is also cooled by conduction, radiation and convection, which causes heat loss and triggers exostosis. SurfMuff® protects the ear by insulating the entire outer ear and ear canal. The neoprene cover resists "injections" of cold water.