Pressure induced by roll-down foam-earplugs on earcanal

•Physical discomfort induced by earplugs is a persisting complain in surveys generated by labor worldwide.•Physical discomfort is induced by mechanical stresses which can be treated via rigorous tribological axisymmetric models.•A J-Crimp machine that is typically used for stent characterization is used to assess the radial pressures induced by earplug on earcanal walls.•Calibration of hyperelastic properties of skin and foam can generate representative pressure maps and displacement field across earcanal.