A new study conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Eargo in celebration of World Hearing Day revealed the ways that 2,000 Americans’ ages 40 and older have adapted to the changing soundscape of the COVID-19 crisis.

Live music (38%), a movie playing in surround sound in a theater (35%) and fans cheering at a sporting event (28%) are among the sounds Americans have missed hearing in person since the start of the pandemic.

Twenty-four percent of respondents missed hearing the sound of children or grandchildren playing in-person, underscoring the impact that the pandemic has had on family gatherings.

It’s not just what we hear, sixty-two percent of respondents agreed that the social distancing  has caused “the art of the conversation” to decline.