Getting external speaker to work while headphone jack is plugged

I purchased an otterbox to try to babyproof my itouch because my 2-year-old loves to watch videos on it. To make the itouch waterproof, otterbox plugs the headphone jack-- which kills the sound on the external speaker. Is there an ap or a setting I could change to turn the speaker back on? Thanks for your help!!!

I believe the act of inserting the headphone jack trips a mechanical switch and turns off the speaker.
Here's an alternate idea. Why not let the 2 year old use headphones? You can limit the volume via Settings and set a max limit on it so that no hearing damage can happen.

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Re: External speaker port not working
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I know this might sound stupid but, you do have the ringer volume turned up don't you. The only reason I ask is, I did exactly the same thing this morning, took me 15 mins before I realised what I had done.

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