How Much Will This Hurt My Ears?

[paulina008]

Tommorow on 4/20 I'm going to a dubstep concert. Their is going to be 100,000 watts of bass for about 2 hours, and about 50,000 watts for 3 hours. How much will this hurt my ears?

 

[its phillip]

it's probably brostep

i always recommend using earplugs at concerts, so get some earplugs

 

[paulina008]

I am unable to get earplugs. Will this seriously damage my ears?

and this is what I'm going too
‘The X Tour’ EXCISION – LIQUID STRANGER – LUCKY DATE – Tickets – Congress Theater – Chicago, IL – April 20th, 2012 | Congress Theater

 

[its phillip]

how are you unable to get earplugs?

 

[paulina008]

I just can't. All I wanna know is how much/if this will hurt my ears.

 

[j_garcia]

Pretty much all concerts will damage your hearing. Doesn't matter how much I love the band, I wear ear plugs.

 

[fuzz092888]

Any CVS or rite aid usually has earplugs by the bagful or in single pairs. Not being able to get them sounds more like an excuse than anything, unless you have some sort of physical defect, have no way of driving there, or have some other issue that you're not sharing. If that's the case, you could always stop on the way to the concert because you're probably not walking there.

Trust me, protecting your hearing is worth a 10-20 minute side trip. Take me from someone with personal experience with a little hearing loss to being stupid.

 

[Nestor]

I just can't. All I wanna know is how much/if this will hurt my ears.

It will. Get earplugs.

 

[skizzerflake]

Just stop at a drug store on the way to the show and pick up a back of foam earplugs. You can get about 30 of them for a couple dollars. You could bring a SPL meter and measure the sound if you're curious to get a decibel number, but, safe to assume, that much power almost anywhere is going to be really loud. Anything above 95 DB will do cumulative damage that will never go away. The ringing might stop the next day, but every time that happens, less of your hearing will return. If you want to continue to enjoy music 30 years from now, get some plugs today.