That was a great interview! Thanks for sharing your story! I've had tinnitus since I was a child too, and always thought it was normal. It was not until I gave in about 10 years or so ago and got hearing aids, that the sounds were greatly diminished for the first time in my life. I have had some recurrences though - one was just year, and I kept thinking i could hear crickets chirping wherever I went! That was much more annoying than the ringing, which I can now hear, because I am talking about it. LOL! My 90 year old father-in-law suffers so badly from it that he can't sleep, and has been told he just has to live with it. :-(