Only anecdotal and not really a gunfight, but when I was a 21-year-old 2nd Lt, a friend and I went down by the river and shot my new Blackhawk next to the riverbank with no hearing protection. I could not hear anything on the way home, and I've had tinnitus ever since (I'm 62 now). The bank was off to my left and my annual hearing test has always shown more hearing loss in my left ear than my right.duns wrote:Does anyone have any hard data on hearing loss caused by gunfights?
Loud percussive noises definitely cause hearing damage, whether you're aware of it at the time or not.