I have experienced tinnitus for decades. Fortunately I tune it out and it doesn't bother me. As soon as someone mentions it (or I read a post like this) the ringing jumps to the foreground. I recently got new Resound hearing aids at Costco. The technician mentioned that there is a tinnitus setting that plays gentle nature sounds or something that allows some users to block the tinnitus. I opted not to use it since I don't want to swap a background noise that might bother me for one that doesn't.