[hartator]

Completely agree.

I've been in situations several times where the sound was awfully loud for no reasons. Obvious concert and clubs but also less suspicious theaters, outside movie events, and indeed restaurants.

Now when in loud environments, my left ear is buzzing and perceived the sounds as distorted. When it's not. Similar to a cranked up bad speaker like other commenters pointed in it out. It's very hard to describe to people as it's not very common.

[laputan_machine]

I have the exact same thing in my right ear. I assume it's permanently damaged, but I've never had my hearing checked.