Hearing loss
I am new on this forum, so here goes.
I attended "The Who" in Brisbane last week (lots of grey ponytails and queues at the mens room...) and was amazed at the sound. Should I have been surprised! Although almost unbearably loud, it was very clear, unlike most live rock acts.
But the next day I felt poorly and I still have tinnitus 4 days later. (Townshend is pretty deaf, I gather.) As flyers or medicos who do audiograms on a regular basis, is there any anecdotal evidence of one-off big noises giving a permanent step loss in hearing? My own annual checks used to show a steady annual loss of acuity but I am not flying now so I don't get the checks.
It strikes me that if your livelihood depends on a flying medical, be mighty careful about attending rock concerts unprotected.