Another hearing loss thread

A fellow Audiogoner is currently selling a top-notch piece of equipment for the reason that he has lost his hearing. This is the saddest thing I've heard so far today. We grow up loving music and listening to it on inferior equipment. We work hard until we reach our 40's and 50's and are finally able to afford excellent equipment, only to have our hearing decline, sometimes gradually and sometimes shockingly abruptly. I am in my early 50's and I have become aware of mild high frequency loss on one side only. I am looking forward to the time when there are better solutions.