ORIGINAL: bigcountry
He may have a point. I am not a doctor but engineer. So who knows. But you know how if you shoot a 44 mag at the range and you forgot to put your muffs on and your ears ring for hours. They say this is self protection mechanism in the ear or band pass filter. But then you get excited in the field and see a nice deer and you don't even hear the shot. No ringing. Ever wonder why that is? Maybe some local ear specialist on here can fill me in.
There is no ear by pass other then a mental one to prevent overstimulation. Your still pounding the crap out of the bio mechanicle part of your ear that turns vibration into sound. So yes your brain is protecting it self from damage maybe but there is no way to shunt sound or overpreasure away from your inner ear.