eli5 -​ My friend pranked me by popping a plastic bag next to my ear, cound this cause hearing loss?

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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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If your ear was muffled and rang then hearing loss was caused. Your ears ringing means the receptors that can sense that frequency you hear were damaged. The tiny hairs in your inner ear vibrate when they are hit by a certain frequency. When they vibrate they send an electrical signal to your brain you interpret as sound; when they are damaged, they constantly send the signal to your brain causing you to hear ringing. Damaged hearing never comes back.

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