Deep Purple July 2/71 St Lawrence Market in Toronto. A small shopping mall with about 300 people in attendance. Seating was on the floor, stage was about 2 ft high. I was about 6 rows from the front, dead center. I was lucky I had some kleenex in my pocket, even then it was so loud I felt like I had been physically abused. Rush was another loud band, played at our pub nights in college. Hearing is still OK at 69, I have been wearing hearing attenuators to concerts for years.
LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus
This is a two part question.
1. What is the loudest concert (or event) that you have attended?
2. How long have you had tinnitus, is it getting better or worse and how are you dealing with it?
Personally, the loudest concert was UB40 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Loudest event was drag racing at SIR (Seattle International Raceway) which was like sticking your head in a jet engine.
Regarding tinnitus. Over the past year or so I have noticed a constant high pitched "sound" in my ears. Mostly the left ear. At this point I don't actually know if it is constant or whether I just forget about it sometimes. I know use a white noise box when I go to sleep. Otherwise I tend to fixate on the ringing.