Mosin77
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Another factor that I've only recently become aware of is the potential for permanent hearing damage if you fire a magnum handgun with no hearing protection, particularly indoors. That factor, combined with the Ellifritz study, seems to militate in favor of the .380, seems to me.
It would certainly suggest that .38sp, .380, or .45, and perhaps subsonic 147gr 9mm, would be the best choices of those calibers, if permanent hearing damage was a concern. I wish there were some thorough and comprehensive decibel tests with good equipment, of different common carry guns, calibers, and ammunition.