closed-eared

adjective2

1. •
   Reluctant or unwilling to listen to new styles of music.

   • The casual observer and the closed-eared critic—of which there are many, if not most—misses the increased artistic complexity that characterized each evolving stage of the music. — 2007
2. •
   (rare) Uninterested in listening to others; inattentive.

   • Press-agents delight in recounting to open-mouthed and closed-eared reporters stories of the humble beginnings of the brilliant stars whose orbits they control. — 1911