
Originally Posted by
ChicagoTex
I'm more than willing to read "the research" if I can find it, all my google-fu turned up was excerpts and synopses where Grossman acknowledges that auditory exclusion happens. I have been unable to find anything specifically highlighting the physiology OF auditory exclusion.
Otherwise everything I've found pretty much concurs with my understanding that auditory exclusion is a brain-filtering response. I did encounter one person's writing that claimed that physiological response in a fight-or-flight situation does relax the eardrum muscles some to make it more tolerant of extremely loud noises, but real hearing damage is still very much a possibility.
Don't get me wrong, I believe firing a few .223s indoors once or twice in your life without ear pro will do little if any noticeable damage, but it is theoretically possible and would therefore be wise to limit report as much as is conveniently doable.
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