 [ Symptoms ] ringing and fullness pressure in ears after shooting  i am 19 and am a new shooter and today we all forgot our ears and i fired 30 mid to high cal rounds it is been about 10 hours and although the ringing has gone down it is still there as well as a fullness similar to when you change altitude in a plane my friend and his dad were both fine after about 10 minutes but they are very experienced shooters what can be done about this and how long does it take for a younger persons ears to recover [ Disease ] how long you may be suffering from the effects of acoustic trauma is really unknown recovery time is an individual experience but most people do improve over time in a week or two but a few hopefully not you have permanent damage to the inner ear and may experience these symptoms for a long long time never shoot without good ear protection