Noise-induced hearing loss can be temporary or permanent. It’s not as much a matter of how loud a sound seems ... sensitivity to louder sounds like warning signals or sirens.

In particular, we have been focusing on musicians’ hearing, as they’re at higher risk of hearing damage due to exposure to loud sounds on a daily ... to a small fraction of total noise exposure.

It’s called “pink noise” and it’s designed to keep your hearing intact after being bombarded by the extremely loud sounds typically associated with a vehicle crash. As IEEE Spectrum points ...