Godnorgosh posted... If you don't mind me asking, how old were you when it happened and how long would you say it took you to habituate? Were there any strategies you used to help get used to it or was it more of an "automatic" process?
I'm not sure how old I was but I know started loosing my hearing in Highschool which was in the late 90s. The only thing I can remember that helped was when I got my first pair of hearing aids and hearing other noises like people talking, the TV and music helped to tune the ringing out a little a bit though lying in bed before I went to sleep and took my hearing aids out took more time to get used to.
Hope that helps. If you have anymore questions I'll try to answer them if I can.