I got it two.
And my tinnitus varies leaving me with a varying ‘noise floor’ in my hearing.
At times in a quiet room I can hear good speech on TV perfectly.
At age 68 I find noises making it much harder to discern conversation than in earlier years. Tinnitus just being one source of sounds in that noise floor. Other talking in the general area mask my ability to understand as well.
At 68 also I have a lot of trouble understanding 3 of my five grandkids who talk to me in soft voices like they do to each other. The other two I can understand ok.
If you have hearing loss, Google has a phone app called “Live Transcribe”. It types what it hears, like having closed captions for personal conversations. It works for me in church if the pastor is talking too fast. Great app, and free.
I, too, am 68. I have had problems hearing all my life. Some of it I was born with.
But as I get older it becomes even more difficult. My tinnitus varies- sometimes it sounds like someone’s car horn is stuck. Sometimes it’s a mixture of different sounds. And sometimes it’s like a low frequency musical tone that is somewhat loud.
Just a couple of days ago, one of my hearing aids stopped working. I still have one working, but when that one stops working I’ll have to start shopping again…