I think it's not too good for someone my age. I can't hear that "mosquito ringtone" (high pitched noise only young people can hear, so students use them for their phones in class so they won't get in trouble).
My hearing seems to be quite sensitive - I don't listen to my iPod at high volumes like other people my age do. My ears will hurt when someone passes me an earphone when they're listening to music on the highest volume, and they won't understand that I don't enjoy the music. I think they listen to their music really loudly, not because their hearing is not sensitive, but because they're trying to look cool.
At concerts, I will flinch along with the drum beat. I found The Scientists painfully loud.

I've tried to wear ear plugs regularly this past weekend at the Roadburn festival. It went pretty well for the most part, but everytime when a band played that I was really into (Acid Mothers Guru, Wolves in the Throne Room, Church of Misery, etc) I threw them out immediately. I plan on wearing them more often from now on though.

after the weekend i just had, my hearing has taken a massive hammering. it was worth it though.

i can hear very, very minute sounds perfectly but i have trouble with loud noises.

I thought it was damaged by the numerous concerts I went to as I have trouble following conversations sometimes but when I got it tested a few months ago it was actually normal for my age. So I realized I just had a concentration problem (caused by my constant daydreaming).

I remember Atari Teenage Riot as being lots louder than Merzbow was - I wonder if my hearing has deteriorated since then... Haino in Newcastle was probably the loudest thing I've seen, it was absolutely absurd. But then there's a lot more dynamic sounds in Haino. As I've said, Merzbow was a big doughy nougat of sound.

EDIT: I'll add that probably the most intense sound I ever heard was a Kaija Saariaho concert at the Royal Albert Hall, although seeing a sextet version of Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht last year was pretty amazing as well. Intense in the sense of being unable to breathe and wanting to collapse. Just to be clear.

MINISTRY - The Mind is a Terrible Thing....Tour

it's not really been the same since.

fuck it.

i get that too, its hard to describe but it's so annoying, like when i swallow my ears crack and stuff


i agree, they were very loud. i was right infront of the bass player and his amp so all i heard was bass, got sick of them in the end, my ears were killing me

My ears rang for two days after seeing Dinosaur Jr for the first time.

I haven't noticed any loss of hearing.

at the moment bloody awful, because in addition to the hearing loss ive sustained at concerts and in my own home i have an ear infection in both ears and not only can i not hear a damn thing (not very well at least), but it's extremely painful.

After seeing My Bloody Valentine in 1990, my ears rang with high-pitched sounds for the next 3 days. That's about as much as they've suffered from in a live environment. Many years of listening to loud music hasn't done my ears many favours, though.

Now let's not go envying the easy listeners!

i saw the nihilist spasm band at the weekend, also on the bill were skullflower and carlos giffoni. the gigs were in a church so the sound really echoed and sounded great but my hearing is totaly shot.

i do that all the time. i claim that people mumble a lot, then my mom told me that my grandfather said that when he started to lose his hearing. i really need to get some good earplugs.

what did you make of the nihilist spasm band, jon boy?
saw them last night for the second time and they really blew me away, despite of them missing their main vocalist.

they were fantsastic! i didnt know what to think of them at first then they went into a frenzy and i was very impressed.

I wasn't even in the standing area but the drums were making me flinch and Kim Salmon's voice was really grating. I still liked them, but they shouldn't have been so loud.

I've definitely lost some hearing, and I think loud music is part, or most, of the reason. Protect your ears! I've also heard (no pun intended) that you should never remove the wax from your ears. Supposedly, it's there for protection.

Huh?

No seriously, my hearing is perfect, which is pretty incredible seein that I've seen Sonic Youth close to 30 times, including the Bad Moon Rising tour when I burried my head in Thurston's monitor, plus everyone from Big Black to Painkiller (they were the absolute loudest thing ever). I'm just lucky I guess.