I don't know about brain damage directly, but I often wonder how our veterans survived being in the middle of intense barages of gunfire during the world wars.
Imagine WWI, tight trenches lined with men, trying to repel a wave of enemy troops, 30 cal rifles going off faster than popcorn with the microwave on high...saying it would make you deaf seems to be an understatment, yet somehow they endured, and can still hear (if you yell)
Imagine WWI, tight trenches lined with men, trying to repel a wave of enemy troops, 30 cal rifles going off faster than popcorn with the microwave on high...saying it would make you deaf seems to be an understatment, yet somehow they endured, and can still hear (if you yell)