Recording engineer here of the same age as the OP: perceived (spectrum summed) volume and associated hearing loss is proportional to the level of distortion (not simple noise) in the signal. I get freaked by footsteps a hundred yards behind me on the sidewalk at night. Fix your mix levels for better hearing.Edit: lift the noise floor in your print to mask undesirable signal path snr harmonics. This is the technique employed (very non exclusively in this example) by state of the art DACs such as in the CH 1.5 disc player.
bearmode|3 years ago
This doesn't mean anything.
Hearing loss is directly correlated with listening to audio at high volumes. The amplitude and distance to the speaker is all that matters. It's well-established science.