Not going to lie, an unexpected positive to getting deaf in one ear is that when the department on my office floor that apparently never has work and subsequently has a loud ass conversation, all I need to do is turn off my hearing aid while I have podcasts in an earbud in my good ear and they're practically silent from my perspective.
No really though, pretend like you at least have work and zone out or just browse the web when you have nothing work-related to so, sheesh. Don't be a bunch of loud jagoffs.