When asked about my hearing loss and if it is firearm related, I simply tell them too many years of LOUD guitars. Well, LOUD amps anyway. My solid body guitars don’t make much noise at all until the amps get cranked to “11”. What?
“When asked about my hearing loss and if it is firearm related, I simply tell them too many years of LOUD guitars.”
I simply tell them, “Too many years on small stages, with the drummer’s cymbals in one ear or the other. I played sitting down. Pedal steel. Terrible tinnitis from the ride cymbals.