XPost: sci.electronics.design, alt.audio.equipment   
   From: NaomiPrice@guesswhatisforsale.org   
      
   On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:37:36 -0400, Phil Hobbs   
    wrote:   
      
   >Winston wrote:   
   >> Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   >>   
   >> (...)   
   >>   
   >>> One approach would be to make a casting of the outer part of your ear   
   >>> canal with something like ShapeLok. I've been meaning to try that myself.   
   >>   
   >> One would want to cast around a hollow plastic tube   
   >> to vent air back into the canal in order to avoid   
   >> an ER visit to remove the finished casting... :)   
   >>   
   >> --Winston   
   >>   
   >   
   >I wasn't suggesting pushing it all the way down to the eardrum, silly.   
   >   
   >Cheers   
   >   
   >Phil Hobbs   
      
      
     Doesn't matter.  A half a gram of media is enough to rip your eardrum   
   if you are pulling a vacuum on it as you draw out the casting.  Even if   
   it only goes half way in.   
      
     Good call, Winston.   
      
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