Ear covers to prevent pressure probs?

"R N" wrote

> I've often wondered, could some sort of half-round ear covers reduce or
> eliminate the need for equalizing the pressure as you go deeper?
> Something with seals in an attempt to keep the heavy water out of your
> ears..

You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. You probably could find
ear protection that would seal well enough to keep water out of your ears
and remove the external pressure that forces most divers to equalize
consciously. This would seem to me to create the reverse problem,
preventing adjustments to the pressure outside of the ear to compensate for
changes to the pressure inside it.

Lee

R N wrote:

> I've often wondered, could some sort of half-round ear covers reduce or
> eliminate the need for equalizing the pressure as you go deeper?
> Something with seals in an attempt to keep the heavy water out of your
> ears..
>
> Thanks
>
no, its the pressure in your middle ear. It may help stop ear
infections if you are susceptible.

Take a look at http://www.proear2000.com/


"Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:xZwae.11701$sp3.1315@newsread3.news.atl.earth link.net...
> "R N" wrote
>
>> I've often wondered, could some sort of half-round ear covers reduce or
>> eliminate the need for equalizing the pressure as you go deeper?
>> Something with seals in an attempt to keep the heavy water out of your
>> ears..
>
> You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. You probably could find
> ear protection that would seal well enough to keep water out of your ears
> and remove the external pressure that forces most divers to equalize
> consciously. This would seem to me to create the reverse problem,
> preventing adjustments to the pressure outside of the ear to compensate
> for changes to the pressure inside it.
>
> Lee
>

On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:29:22 -0400, surfinusa@webtv.net (R N) wrote:

> I've often wondered, could some sort of half-round ear covers reduce or
>eliminate the need for equalizing the pressure as you go deeper?
> Something with seals in an attempt to keep the heavy water out of your
>ears..
>
>Thanks


You could use a Newt Suit.

Paul Lynch writes:

> Take a look at http://www.proear2000.com/

Nice "ears" on that model lady in the photo.

Richard J Kinch wrote:
> Paul Lynch writes:
>
>> Take a look at http://www.proear2000.com/
>
> Nice "ears" on that model lady in the photo.

During an instructor training class years ago one of the candidates didn't
make the underwater swim requirement. He's at the far end of the pool. I and
another instructor at the near end. I can't remember her comment but he
responded with "But women have bigger lungs than men."
She smiled sweetly at him and said "Those aren't lungs, Bobby."
Even at that distance his full body blush was evident. He made it the next
try.

R N wrote:
> I've often wondered, could some sort of half-round ear covers reduce or
> eliminate the need for equalizing the pressure as you go deeper?
> Something with seals in an attempt to keep the heavy water out of your
> ears..

Out of curiosity, what happens if you need to remove those (or they
get for some reason removed forcibly) from your head at depth?

Under normal conditions I have some equalizing problems myself. I
have some very unpleasn't memories about being stuck in a smallish cave
unable to go down 5m to the exit because of ears being locked. Ever
since I don't do a dive without some nasal spray -- and no problems so far.

/m

In article <4M%ae.45$g4.310@news2.nokia.com>,
Marcin.Dobrucki@TAKETHISAWAY.nokia.com says...
> Out of curiosity, what happens if you need to remove those (or they
> get for some reason removed forcibly) from your head at depth?

They only keep water out of your ears, not pressure. you still have to
clear your ears, but you clear against air pressure instead of water.

"Paul Lynch" <pkpilot@cox.com> wrote:

>Take a look at http://www.proear2000.com/



I have chronic problems equalizing, nothing major just very slow and
after a few dives I'm out for a couple of days.

Has anyone on here used the Proear and if so how did it help on slow
ears?