Some rock concerts are so loud you can feel the air move with the beat. What is the attraction, given that this can cause permanent hearing loss? Apparently, high-volume rock music can reach the parts other sounds cannot.
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Ball, P. This one goes to eleven. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000113-2
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