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You have tiny hear cells in your cochleae (the snail shell-looking things in your inner ear) that bend in response to vibration (i.e. sound) and produce electric signals your brain interprets as sound (the frequency depends on where in the cochleae the hair cells are located). Loud sounds can permanently bend the hair cells, so they will either not respond to vibration (hearing loss) or they will produce a constant signal (tinnitus).
Note that these cells do not regenerate, so any hearing damage is permanent, so even minor damages accumulate over your lifetime until it's enough for you to notice it.