With all due respect this argument makes me crazy. So the answer to shitty office environments is drowning it out with noise? I have partial tinnitus thanks to this kind of thinking. And every time you get management to the point where they realize they should change something there's always that one guy saying "where's the problem? Just wear headphones..."

It's not really an argument. It's more of an observation that I've never had an issue. And you don't have to "drown" anything with noise, that's what noise-canceling headphones are for.

In my experience noise cancelling headphones are just as bad for tinnitus - it's not medically clear but try googling "noise cancelling headphones tinnitus" and judge for yourself

In an ideal world the office environment and layout would allow for people to choose their ideal.

> A good pair of headphones is big help in this regard.

I think I am similar to you, I find two pairs of walls a big help.