Nature versus Media

It’s very hard to walk down the street and not see someone with plugs in their ears listening to their MP3 player. When walking to and from work, shopping, or exercising, the demand is there to listen to music, or some form of audio. However, will we lose the ability to appreciate natural sounds such as the waves crashing on the beach, or the sound of magpies' carolling, if we are so used to hearing electronic stimulation? Is the constant exposure to constructed noise a type of private noise pollution?