EXTERNAL EAR DISORDERS 👂 OTITIS-EXTERNA (Otitis externa) 🧡 DEFINE OTITIS-EXTERNA ► Otitis externa is an infection and inflammation of the external ear (ear lobe, external auditory canal, outer ear). ► Otitis externa is also called as swimmers ear. Because it is more common to fill the ear with water after swimming and otitis externa is more common in summer than winter. ► In this there is inflammation in the skin