Can You Hear Me Now

John Redon , United States



John Redon has been employed in difficult areas solving problems for over 30 years. Iran, Haiti, S. America, Guam, Bahama's and over 28 US States. He worked the Florida Hurricanes and spent 6 months in Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes after Katrina.

As a Commercial Black Water Diver I suffered multiple ear infections every year. There was no earplug that could be worn underwater which would keep the many harmful pollutants and infectious contaminants from contacting the outer ear canal and tympanic membrane (eardrum) causing ear infections.

With the pressure increasing .45 lb psi for every foot submerged below the waters surface earplugs for swimmers will cause damage to the eardrum and outer ear canal within feet of the surface due to the trapped air pocket between the earplug and the eardrum.

As pressure increases external of the swimmers plug and internal of the eardrum the earplug is forced in towards the eardrum and the eardrum is forced outwards towards the earplug in an attempt to equalize the pressure in the pocket. At five feet below the surface there is a pressure differential of 2.25 lbs causing damage to the eardrum and outer ear canal.

I invented, prototyped, tested and patented, (USPTO #7,185,655) Ear Prophylactics, an earplug for use below the surface of the water. My plugs adhere to the inner ear, with an elastic diaphragm that elongates into the outer ear canal allowing equalization of pressure without permitting water to come in contact with the outer ear canal or eardrum.

As external pressure increases the diaphragm elongates into the outer ear canal allowing equalization of pressure in the pocket of air trapped between the earplug and the eardrum without permitting infectious contaminants to contact the tissue in the outer ear canal or eardrum reducing or eliminating swimmers ear and other types of ear infections caused by diving, snorkeling, etc..

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