The information below is taken from www.dontlosethemusic.com – an awareness campaign site run by the Royal National Institute for the Deaf.
Ear protection is vitally important and something you must be constantly thinking about. If you ever have ringing in your ears or dull hearing after exposure to any noise, then you’ve been listening to that noise too loudly or for too long and are already causing yourself irreversible damage.
“Prolonged exposure to sound over 80 decibels can damage your ears.”