I grew up in South Asia, with my window facing a large public ground. Weekly, Random schools blast deafeningly loud speakers into our windows. All this, just s

I grew up in South Asia, with my window facing a large public ground. Weekly, Random schools blast deafeningly loud speakers into our windows. All this, just so teachers could shout left-right-left, as kids marched on out of sync. I'm not exaggerating. It was physically painful and I have heard my parents utter words reserved only for the worst of scum. Who is it for? If I'm losing my hearing, surely the participants must be in lot more pain. I suspect that many people in public event planning suffer degraded hearing early....... which in turn leads to them setting even higher volumes. I'm a big fan of the hustle and bustle of big cities. But, there is a reason for targeted defening sounds being used as torture in Guanatanamo Bay.