I have Meniere's Disease & tinnitus. It's not terrible. But it's significant... a constant ringing in the ears. It's a long story & I won't go into all of the details. But an ear tube was put into one of my ears several years ago. It made my tinnitus explode! It was like I had a freight train running through my head 24 /7. Fortunately, once the ear tube was removed my tinnitus level returned to its previous manageable level. During the period of time I had the ear tube in, my pdoc put me on Klonopin. That probably saved my life. I was seriously suicidal during that period of time. Over the years, I simply learned to live with the level of tinnitus I have. Like you, I regret I'll never have a truly quiet moment again in my life. But there's no going back. Anyway, I live in a large metropolitan area. There's seldom much of anything resembling real quiet anyway.