Even sharing a room with your team can be a problem. My colleagues prefer to have the radio on, which conflicts with my desire for an almost eerie silence.

I simply work better and more efficient if there's complete silence. I can work with a low level of background noice, but if certain songs / types of songs are playing on the radio I just stop until it's gone. My ears simply won't tune out some sounds, such as a high pitch female singers. Also some radio shows are just designed to have annoying sounds because it's "fun".