Hearing is something we take for granted but when it becomes damaged it's going to stay damaged for good. Seeing how many people today are cocooning themselves

Hearing is something we take for granted but when it becomes damaged it's going to stay damaged for good. Seeing how many people today are cocooning themselves in a world of sound, I worry what the consequences are going to be in the next twenty years or so? I suffer from mild tinnitus and one effect, that most non-sufferers don't appreciate, is that when you're hearing is damaged it doesn't mean you're hearing everything at low volume. Some sound is muffled, sure but higher frequency sounds can be much more acute. This leads to anxiety and stress in public places that other folks find hard to understand. I am fortunate in that I can work from home or a private office, I'm not forced to spend my days in a shared work space or other noisy environment; I think I would suffer a nervous breakdown if I was? If you're currently using loud music to cancel out the noise in your workplace, or during your commute to work, stop now and find some other way of dealing with it because damaging your hearing is not the solution.