((((echoes)))) i am almost completely deaf and have tinnitus. i've had tinnitus off and on before, on a rare basis, which didn't last too long. right now, i get tinnitus when i have my vertigo attacks (it's a brain thing, not an ear thing, apparently). anyway, i know what you mean. as for myself, i just learned to embrace it. i can't explain it any better than that. as for my vertigo attacks, i've had this since september and i'm on neurontin for that. just got on it yesterday, so we'll see if that helps me.