I wouldn't rely solely on the diagnosis of an ER doc who's probably some wet-behind-the-ears first year resident. Get yourself to a respected audiologist as soon as you can.
Oh, I like that idea. If anything could be done to focus on just part of the shaft to combat the baseball bat or road cone shape, I think it'd be even better.
I don't really have an idea in terms of a tangible product, but most of the focus seems to be on length. Besides Spektrum's "Spring Ring" concept, I haven't seen any girth product innovations since clamping came along.
I'd love to see some thoughts on new girth merchandise.
I'd suggest that the rubber, or whatever material you end up using, needs to be impervious to oil.
Why does the material need to be hard? As I'm seeing it in my head, it'd need to be elastic (the inner coils moreso than the outer) so that it hugs the shaft.
Lastly, would there be some kind...
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I don't have the thread link in front of me, but an EE did a test of the ROP, both with and without saline. The saline produced more volts. That's why I added it to mine.