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I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

My brain doesn't like to be quiet.

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.

I am going slightly deaf in my right ear. It's tinnitus... something like that.

I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.

I have selective hearing.

I've got a quiet voice. I think it's because as a child I didn't speak very much. I used to put my fingers in my ears to feel the silence, which was like a lovely trickling motion in my head.

It's hard to find a place where you're out of earshot of some kind of noise.

I'm naturally a loud person. It can be a bit overpowering.