Do you ever hear music when no music is playing?

[Ms. Toad]

46. Mine was more than a decade ago -

And my left ear has caught up with my right ear in terms of hearing loss (both relatively mild, both only in the frequency range of my tinnitus). But I have encountered a fair number of friends who went through the same thing. Which kind of begs the question - if we're all having lop-sided hearing loss is it really that uncommon? Every one I've talked to (both friends and doctors) has the impression it is very rare - and the doctors certainly acted more quickly than they have about anything other than my aggressive cancer diagnosis.