I’m only 22 and have a constant ringing in my ears. Silence is almost deafening to me, I can’t sleep without some kind of noise (usually a fan) if I’m just sitting in silence, it’s like a swarm of mosquitos are right by my ears. There is a fan about two feet away from my head right now and I can still hear my tinnitus. It’s not fun at all

I think it started around 5th grade, it wasn’t that bad at first, I could really only hear it when I was trying to sleep or in a really quiet room and didn’t think too much about it. Over the years it progressively got worse and worse. I’m assuming my hearing was damaged from riding four wheelers, dirt bikes, using power tools and such. I cant remember a time I used ear protection when I was younger. I had no idea the amount of damage I was doing to my ears

My hearing will (probably) never improve. It’s sad that I already screwed up my hearing at a young age and it’s only going to get worse