Problem in the industry....Ha!
The annual Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) convention every July 4th weekend....is a very noisy affair....average attendance about 2500 pilots. What is fun is to listen to three guys walking down the hallway....and realize there are at least two different conversations going on.....at least one of the trio is hearing something besides what is being said by the other two....it gets hilarious when all three are deaf as a stump....then following the chat can get interesting.
The good side of all this....if you get awakened by the 5AM mail train....and your snuggle bunny asks you...."you want to go to back to sleep or what?" That automatic response of "What?" just might pay off for you.