I don't know how you do it, last season I had an middle ear infection and couldn't hear a thing out of my left ear! I was pretty worried at first until I went into the doc! It was impossible for me to tell which way a noise was coming from! Sucked! After the infection went away I was relieved that I could hear as good as I could. I have been in the Music Biz for 20+ years and still have excellent hearing, I just say "what" alot out of habit! Go figure!