My Hearing Has Been Compromised

I'm in that stage of a cold where you blow your nose and you get a bubble in your ear making it completely impossible to hear what people are saying.

This makes class interesting, as I have enough trouble as it is understanding students.

Tonight I am going to a party... I envision scenarios where I say, "Excuse me, can you please speak into my *good* ear? What? Am I older than I look? Whaaat?"