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Originally posted by Horatio:
Ah, unbelievable. You have no idea what it's like to listen to 'Original Pranksta" at top volume on HUGE speakers. Well, I'm deaf, but it was worth it. 
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You're full of $hit is what you are. If you were permanently affected by loud music you certainly wouldn't be joking abut it.
When I was 23 or so, the ringing in my ears I would hear after playing gigs in a loud band, never went away again. Silence is something I have only heard twice, for only a few seconds each time, in the last seven years.
Tinnitus sufferers can go insane from the constant noise from too much loud music. The doctor I initially saw, spoke of a man who came in with welts all over his head, from hitting his own head with a hammer trying to stop the incessant noise.
Thankfully over the years the volume has decreased, tolerance and acceptance of it has increased, and I have had two times where for but a few moments each time, I've heard nothing but precious still silence.
I mix records and professionally sing, so my hearing
skill - the intepretation of soundwaves - keeps getting better. However with the tinnitus there is a pain threshold now (loud music physically hurts) so I wear earplugs to any show or action movie or dance club.
Be thankful you have avoided permanent damage from blasting your ears with excessive volume. Had I known what would happen to me I would have taken more care with this wonderful sense that even now puts food on my table.
Protect your ears.