New research has found that half of all gig and club goers experience ringing in their ears, but only one in 10 regularly wear earplugs at gigs, festivals and nightclubs.
It means that one in two young people are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss – including tinnitus and deafness – according to the World Health Organisation.
In the wake of the news TicketSwap, the ticket resale platform that aims to discourage touts, has launched a “sonic safety campaign”