Silence and noise are extremities of the same dynamic...
property.

The one recedes towards zero and the other towards infinity,
Yet the one at zero lies infinite, for it's expanse is fullness' equal.
And the other at infinity becomes useless; it rests at zero same as the one.

So I have decided that they do the same; one hears nothing in silence, and hears nothing in noise; theoretically when he cannot discern or distinguish from the sounds, and practically when his tympanum is burned out.

And yet we hear best only in silence, and are moved to be mute when noise is mightiest.

Just a random thought.