Recently started carrying a glock for self-defense. But this really applies to any gun; Say if you were in a self defense situation between a fented out tweaker or a bear/mountain lion/ other wildlife and had to suddenly mag dump. How would you deal with the potential hearing damage or hearing loss from firing off a few rounds without proper ear protection?
>>64171266you'll be fine. it takes prolonged exposure to get anything serious.
Young men went to war with artillery and grenades and 50 cal browning machines going off next to them for months at a time and came home with minimal lasting effects besides tinnitus. You'll be fine. Hearing loss is largely a meme
>>64171266You wouldn't. If you're at home fearing a robber breaking in you could have time to put in hearing protection, but outdoors, forget it. Also hearing damage is exaggerated for the sake of retards who won't believe it any other way. Soldiers go through a dozen firefights blasting rifles full auto and they might be deaf in the moment but they're not significantly deaf after. It takes an entire war or a 20-30 year long military career in artillery to get serious hearing damage. Think about that.
>>64171266Hearing damage is cumulative. You won't go deaf from 1 incident, but if you don't take care of your ears when you can, you'll regret it a few decades down the line.
>minimal lasting effects besides tinnitusAnything that causes permanent tinnitus also causes permanent hearing loss, and hearing loss is cumulative. Losing, say, 30% of your hearing is not that bad when you're starting off from 95%, but you will lose a lot more as you age, and that 30% loss from military service means you'll be at 25% when you're 70 instead of 55%. (all number are arbitrary to demonstrate the point) And this is for the example of infantry getting into one or two firefights, if you've been exposed to artillery without earpro for any length of time your hearing will be severely fucked
>>64171266Any exposure to gunfire will cause hearing damage, but outdoors (especially surrounded by foliage that will absorb the sound) the damage will be a less than indoors in a confined space with hard walls to reflect from. There is also a surprising amount of difference between various combinations of caliber (pressure plus gas volume) and barrel length. dB is logarithmic, so 3dB lower is about half the sound power. Pistols are actually pretty loud because of their short barrels, and the hotter/faster pistol rounds are a lot louder. With carry pistols the noise hazard can't be helped that much because concealability is your main concern, unless you're willing to carry a pistol with a short suppressor in a bag or fanny pack. Smaller caliber and lower pressure can be a decent bit quieter, if you compare something like .32 ACP with .357 magnum, but it still won't be anywhere near hearing safe, and obviously you shouldn't seriously compromise on your carry pistol's effectiveness just for the possibility of maybe sustaining a bit less hearing damage if you ever have to use it. The only thing that really helps for gunfire noise is a suppressor, and you should really have a can on your home defence gun if you can help it.
