"Sudden loud noises (impact or impulse noise) that are loud enough for you to need hearing protection or that startle you should be avoided during pregnancy. "

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro/noise.html

Maybe you haven't had kids, but they test their hearing once they're born.

They're humans who are in a woman's womb. They aren't that protected. This is not a really debatable topic. They fucking learn language's syntax while in the womb. Hearing is not protected by the mother's body.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/100/4/724.full.pdf

"Sudden loud noises (impact or impulse noise) that are loud enough for you to need hearing protection or that startle you should be avoided during pregnancy. "

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro/noise.html

Maybe you haven't had kids, but they test their hearing once they're born.

They're humans who are in a woman's womb. They aren't that protected. This is not a really debatable topic. They fucking learn language's syntax while in the womb. Hearing is not protected by the mother's body.