It's widely discussed that the eruption was incredibly loud for long distances however were there any communities near enough that everyone in a particular community felt the effect of burst eardrums and their community adapted to this?
While the explosion was very loud, being heard nearly 3,000 miles from the source, no, entire villages were not deafened. The sound up to 100 miles from the source registered 172 decibels (the human threshold for pain is 130 decibels). However, in the case of the British ship "Norham Castle" (which was 40 miles away at the time of the explosion) half of the crew was deafened. In the captain's journal he wrote,“So violent are the explosions that the ear-drums of over half my crew have been shattered. My last thoughts are with my dear wife. I am convinced that the Day of Judgement has come.”