Do people really crave silence? I always seem to crave quiet over pure silence (where the hissing of my tinnitus can become too distracting). There's a hum and a rhythm to a busy room that doesn't need to be loud: the chatting at a coffee shop, the rattle of keyboards in the office, the laughter and splashes at the beach, or of course the sound of a rain storm in full swing. I crave the peace of those moments and the gentle lull of their sound waves.