I have a slight hearing deficit caused mainly (but not exclusively) by attending loud prog rock gigs in my younger years :) Whenever there's background music p

I have a slight hearing deficit caused mainly (but not exclusively) by attending loud prog rock gigs in my younger years :) Whenever there's background music playing in a pub or cafe and the background chatter gets above a certain level I can't actually make out what anyone's saying. It's a huge annoyance, but also self inflicted (the last gig I attended was Mogwai in Edinburgh a few years back, I'm not sure my hearing ever recovered). My other pet peeve is seeing TV's popping up everywhere, which can often be a real conversation killer when your group of pals are glued to re-runs of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.