At the next concert you attend, you might want to skip getting a few beers. Dutch researchers studied 51 young attendees of an outdoor music festival in the Netherlands. They found that drunk concertgoers are more likely to move closer to speakers.
Post-concert hearing loss does typically resolve; however, rates of longer-term hearing loss are on the rise. To curb the danger of hearing loss, the scientists say you should wear earplugs to concerts.