pearl
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It certainly is a bitch mate. I got mine from a combo of years of playing in loud guitar bands, DJ-ing, clubbing / gigging and spending far too many hours using headphones in general I think. It's good there's more awareness about tinnitus and noise-induced hearing loss in music now, there was pretty much feck all when I was younger. Sorry to hear you suffer too. It's one of those conditions that you can't comprehend until you have it 24/7. I sometimes now wear a hearing aid with a tinnitus relief function (nice waves / beach sounds) in the quieter moments if it's really bugging me. Mostly though I've used meditation techniques to try and not focus on the tinnitus. If you haven't tried it, there's some great support you can get via the NHS if you see your GP. A lot of fellow sufferers I know suffer with depression because of it.
I will have a listen over the weekend. Sorry about the tinnitus. I have a hearing problem (miss-spent youth listening to too much loud music played too loud), if I'm in a busy pub (for eg.) peoples voices merge into one mess of noise. It can be a bit isolating, but as you say there are FAR worse things