Be advised, folks, that it's not just loud noise from firearms discharging that can wipe certain bands of hearing.
ANY loud noice, repeated often enough can cause damage.
Even constant background noise in the workplace (white noise) can wipe certain frequencies.
I lost part of my hearing to white noise,...six or eight ticker-tape oldie teleprinters clacking away hour after hour in a Communications Center. It was really noisy on Transmit, when I had an hour's worth of balled-up perf to send out. After several years of that, it dawned on me that I was experiencing "noise" and started wearing my civilan pattern hearing defenders in 1972. Had already lost some hearing, but didn't lose it all. Before I retired, I went thru the Medics and ended up(1988)with a hearing aid.
Odd thing is, that when it's quiet, I can hear well. When there is background noise (pub, background music, group gabble etc) I'm scrod.
