How old are your ears?

[bass hertz]

Ohh.. and btw.

If your ears are ringing after an exposure to loud music, that IS the sound of the cochlear being damaged. That is the #1 sign that you are on the way to hearing loss.

One of the most famous musicians to ever experience hearing loss, that comes to my mind, is Pete Townsend of The Who. He always said that the loud concerts they played caused his loss. Recently he is saying that it was the use of headphones in the studio. And also that head phones in general are the major culprit in hearing loss.

He also mentions that in this day and age of ipods and earbuds, people are being exposed to high and long levels of noise without noticing is so much.

here is the link to the article:
http://www.livescience.com/health/060104_earbuds.html

and of course there's also some youtube vids of Pete talking about his hearing and other media.

Now here is one of the best informative articles I have found so far, for "Musicians and Hearing Loss" :
http://www.uic.edu/sph/glakes/harts1/HA ... snoise.txt

The date of that article is 1988, and I know many technological improvements and advances in medical science have been made but, this is "the straight dope"!

this article is very modern:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/ ... _fans_deaf

[bass hertz]

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=90071

This is good thread going on in the production forum, that is pretty much the same topic.