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Message: <blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 2177265" data-attributes="member: 560148">Shock to your hearing mostly. Ears do have a very shorterm defense mechanism against loud noises.  It's called temporary threshold shift.  It's what causes the underwater noises when a concert is over.  However, if you hit that point and don't back off, you will hurt your ears permanently.  Plus, if you get to that point alot you'll do noticeable damage. Most hearing damage that occurs is NOT from shorterm wayy to loud noises.  It's longeterm everyday, a bit too loud, because it's just quiet enough that you dont' feel the need to turn it down.I'd bet that when most people come back to their systems and say "it sounds just as loud as before", that it doesn't.  It's probably close, but audial memory isn't very good, so you don't notice it.</blockquote>

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