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Auditory exclusion will not prevent hearing loss. It's a psychological effect, similar to tunnel vision, and it doesn't negate the laws of physics.
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...physics and biology. Those brittle little ear hairs will still break off whether you notice the intensity of the noise or not. It is the outer auditory hair hair cells that are responsible for amplification of more quiet noises.
Not only that, but auditory exclusion isn't universal or consistent, not even at the individual level. So you can't even count on it to work in dampening what you perceive.