Fortunately, the music lives in the midrange. Excellent midrange acuity extends until death, a throw back to the hunter/gatherer days. As far as the loss of high freqency acuity goes, it has been shown that older listeners accomodate to the diminished high freqencies as a reference.
Additionally, if you look at most music on a scope, you will see that there is very little of musical value in the top octave. Oh yes, there is "sheen" and "air" but not really tone. This is really a non-ussue.
Additionally, if you look at most music on a scope, you will see that there is very little of musical value in the top octave. Oh yes, there is "sheen" and "air" but not really tone. This is really a non-ussue.