[QUOTE=pinkymingeo;135444128]At first I wondered if this is a serious topic. Guess it is. For what it's worth, I and many others have done a whole lot of shooting with no hearing protection at all, and we're holding up just fine.

Half my hearing is permanently gone from shooting with no hearing protection in years past and no, I'm not holding up just fine. Anyone who shoots on a regular basis without hearing protection will loose hearing to some degree. It's cumulative and permanent.