Clearly our auditory acuity is reduced with age, but often our listening skills and appreciation go up… so it is pretty easy to have that a wash.
I’m 71. And I appreciate music and my system much more than ever. My system is better than it has even been before, I have more time to enjoy it and without work and so many other “have to” activities it allows greater opportunity to just be. Mindful meditation has further uncluttered my mind to be able to experience music and deep rumination’s on philosophy and science.
I try to walk a line with a healthful lifestyle and indulgence.
So I ride my bicycle to h]get fresh vegetables, a steak, and red wine.
Also, while I can tell I have some diminution in hearing (part of which is periodically restored by ear cleaning) I do not have it measured because like a flaw in a sound system, once I am specifically aware of it, I become conscious of it and cannot “un-hear it”. I prefer to enjoy life, focus on all that I have, not at what I do not have.