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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's brutal. It also just kind of becomes normal, eventually. Do what you can to protect your hearing going forward to prevent it from getting worse. Good luck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed. To me, the ringing is just what silence sounds like now after 15 years of the ringing. Mine isn't very bad, so I only really hear it in quiet spaces, but I protect my hearing as much as possible now to prevent it from getting worse.