Dont be so depressed by not being able to hear pointlessly high pitched noises. Those noises are a side effect of things that matter- but they dont matter. Youre missing out on exactly nothing. So cheer up.,(reply>), @Horny Fruit Flies Along with white hairs (and/or bald spots/baldness), it is the signs of other thing going wrong, and with it come, somewhere around the age of 40, that you are probably closer to death than birth, and time will only go faster for each year.,(reply>), I don't think the point is that those are sounds worth hearing, the point is that being unable to hear them forces a realization that you're getting old, your body starts breaking down and losing functions. Not being able to hear high frequency sounds is just the tip of the iceberg that is aging.