Ed, the difference, obviously, is that you are used to getting your cues from something other your sense of hearing, whereas hearing folks tend to rely on hearing and have not made the changes in order to effectively work without that sense being attuned to what's going on around them rather than distracting music in their ears.
And car drivers should be able to be pulled over and ticketed for reckless driving if their music is too loud, the same as if they had headphones in.
Ed, the difference, obviously, is that you are used to getting your cues from something other your sense of hearing, whereas hearing folks tend to rely on hearing and have not made the changes in order to effectively work without that sense being attuned to what's going on around them rather than distracting music in their ears.
And car drivers should be able to be pulled over and ticketed for reckless driving if their music is too loud, the same as if they had headphones in.