What should people who do not have tinnitus hear when it is deadly quiet.

The pulsing of blood in their ears? i.e. there must be some aural
stimulation that tells them that they are not deaf, surely?

I have very mild tinnitus (from loud rock music of my youth) which I'm only
aware of when I remember to think about it).

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