Last December, despite wearing earplugs, I came away from the Micky Dolenz show at Boston’s City Winery with a fairly persistent whistling sound in my left ear.
Could my sensitivity have been related to last year’s cancer treatments? Perhaps. What about the fact I’ve had sinus trouble in the past that temporarily affected my ears? I suppose that could be a factor.
But I’m not going to take any chances.
To preserve my hearing as much as possible, I will no longer attend live concerts. The loudest of them ever was fifty years ago, seeing the Who with Denro, in December, 1975. I saw the two Who who are left, Pete and Roger, at Fenway Park in 2019. So, I was able to resist the urge to see them there again last night.
https://www.boston.com/culture/concert-reviews/2025/08/27/the-who-fenway-park/