Hearing loss can be different to different people .Have been shooting for a long time and just starting to notice it now.Audio guy tells me even with protection it travels up your mandibles to due damage.On the youngsters thing both my sons shot ducks with me from 12-15 then kinda fell off.They still come to the prairies with me (long as i pay) but just not the drive that I had and still do.Now my daughter never shot a duck until she was 20 and since she moved back from Ontario we are out 7-8 times a year.She just got a beauty little 20g that she shoots pretty well compared to the old 1100 12g .who would have thunk it..My son in law calls her the hotty with the shotty lol