Help a nerd who doesn't get out much, Pt. 2

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I enjoyed the concert, though it was very loud and the acoustics were terrible.

Twelve hours and a solid sleep later, my ears are still ringing, and I have a physical sensation of cotton lodged into both of them. Is this... should I be worried? I don't know.

A friend who goes to many concerts tells me that, doy, they sell earplugs at the bar, you know, and everyone who isn't dumb wears them. I didn't know this. I don't know anything!! I am a nerd who doesn't get out much.

Seriously though, I'm starting to get a little concerned about this.

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Re: pete townshend

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Pete Townshend - "I have severe hearing damage. It's manifested itself as tinnitus, ringing in the ears at frequencies that I play guitar. It hurts, it's painful, and it's frustrating."

At stadium shows you're nowhere near as close to the speakers as at the tiny Middle East upstairs (unless you're in the front row, and even then maybe not).

Earplugs take some getting used to, but by the third or fourth time I wore them it felt like I wasn't wearing them at all, except that my ears didn't ring afterward. It's a taste worth acquiring, if you go to more than two or three shows a year.