I'd love to just have silence, but I can't ever have it again.
I became aware of it around 1999 when a friend of mine was complaining about it. I felt like it had always been there, but at that point it was not affecting my hearing. That started around 2017 or so.
Especially in crowds. I never used to have this problem.
It becomes an issue in the workplace too, esp. when it's noisy.