Aaaaaaaahhhhh drives me INSANE! I also cannot hear people I’m talking to when there is background noise. Restaurants with the crockery noise, background chatter, bars with music…it’s always too loud. I absolutely cannot hear the person in front of me. I went for a hearing test they said it liooked like I had an old injury on one ear drum but other than that, there’s nothing wrong and some people just have this issue! I was a bit shocked because it’s been this way since I worked in bars/clubs. I’ve suffered ever since. I stopped going out because it was so frustrating not being able to hear the conversation at the table! I’m ultra sensitive to certain sounds. I know when there is a bike or car in the street that isn’t normally there. Because the sound is different. It’s great for unexpected deliveries but freaks the shit out of my wife when I start heading downstairs before the bell rings. Kids voices/screeches, certain pitches and mouth noises I have a complete overreaction to. It’s unbearable. My brother is a finger tapper…always gave me the eye twitch! Whistling, bad singing (oh Christ how people enjoy Karaoke is mind boggling to me) or a wrong note being played…it’s like a startled reaction! Any low humming noise, I search for it like a dog until I can locate it. Yet there are other sounds I cannot hear well. I’ve a feeling the person who did my hearing test may not have been the greatest and I should get a second opinion.