I don't have very bad tinnitus, I just hear low bass sounds when I am trying to go to sleep at night. I have found something that helps me on those nights I can't seem to ignore the sounds.
Have you ever seen or heard of Zen Masters? Monks who can sit and quietly meditate even if there is a fly on there nose or any other type of distraction, annoyance or disturbance? I have found that over the 2 years that I have been practicing Zen Meditation that it helps me to become detached to the tinnitus sounds. Yup, they are still there, it does not make them go away, but I can almost observe them like an outsider, I am aware of them but they are of little concern to me. You can google Zen Meditation or visit a buddhist monostery (sp?) or go to your local library ant get books on it so I won't pretend to be a teacher and attempt to tell you what to do. but basically, you sit quietly, and let your mind settle like a vast ocean....if thoughts come (and they will) to distract you, simply let them pass and pull yourself back into the stillness of meditation. Sounds very simple, and it is, and it isn't. some days I can only get in 5 minutes and then my mind starts to get active and I am thinking and thinking and don't even catch myself for 1/2 hour!!! But practice daily helps.
So, I don't know if this will help any of you, if you are interested, it would be worth your while to check it out, it can only benefit your wholisitic health, and maybe even hlep you cope with tinittus too. Best wishes everyone!
Oh, one more thing, you don't have to be a Buddhist to practice zen meditation.
