My ear was muffled and rang for a few minutes, now it’s better but is this really dangerous to my hearing or should I be ok?
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It’s not good. But you’ll be fine. Just don’t do it too many times. Once or twice won’t likely cause noticable problems, even if there is some minor damage, your brain is pretty good at compensating for it, and everyone looses a bit of hearing with age anyway. That ringing is called tinnitus by the way.
The worst I had was tinnitus for a week after having a -rather large- homemade firework go off by my ear. In bad cases sometimes it never goes away.
The point is that while tinnitus certainly isn’t good, it’s not an immediate cause for concern. Many people with noticable hearing damage usually get it from extended loud noises like headphones on high, concerts, construction work, etc, without ever getting their ears ringing.
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