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And these loudspeakers on the stage, loads of them and they are big.

He obviously hasn't a clue!

Actually… I looked it up! He has tinnitus already and hearing loss - in left ear but clearly doesn't give an F! Rock n Roll!!! Not!!

Dave Grohl has severe tinnitus. He's mentioned it several times.

@Lurius He does? I only ever heard him talk about his hearing loss. Off to duckduckgo I go.

I don't understand how musicians don't get hyperacusis, I think about all that loud music and it makes me sick. How can they stand it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5tvBO-ZIIs

This is just one of many times he has mentioned this. Lars Ulrich of Metallica, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Eric Clapton and many others have mentioned their tinnitus as well. Some handle it better than others.

It's so hard to tell how bad these musicians have it. With Chris M it seems like his was low enough to habituate. Grohl just isn't human though.

@Nadia231 I've thought a lot about that and done a bit of research too, it has something to do with what the brain perceives as noise and what it perceives as "welcome sounds"; which is highly subjective. This is why you could listen to Black Metal and don't get any problems for many years, but if someone forced loud Justin Bieber on you on a regular basis, something could happen.

There is of course a physical barrier or threshold to how much noise you can subject yourself to before anything happens. But "welcome sounds" do less damage initially.

It has become a weird obsession of mine all weekend to spot the musicians on stage without ear protection. I want to slap myself every time I think about it .. haha