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My brother and I always enjoyed going out to the woods together when we were young because you couldn't hear everything humming out there. I still enjoy it for the same reason.
My hearing isn't even that great because I've spent years around loud noises (industrial and concerts) without hearing protection. But I can still "feel" cheap chargers, bad screens, and florescent lights.
A whole lot of poorly configured or cheaply made electroninc appliances or chargers ... yeah I can often literally hear when you've plugged something in wrong, it makes a high pitched whine, because it is overamping.
Also, if you're near high tension power lines?
You have to be pretty darn close to be in danger from actual electromagnetic effects.
But... that hum? The buzz?
Turns out that that is actually what causes a lot of long term health problems in people sensitive to it.
Literally the sound, not the EM field, makes you agitated, stressed, on edge, and if that is just your baseline for 20 years, that constant stress accumulates and basically ages you faster, and can cause mental health problems.