[Skybird]

It is very very unlikely that a tinnitus appears all alone, thus it should not be seen as a disease itself, but only one symptom embedded in a greater context/syndrome. Almost all people, healthy, who are exposed to absolute quiteness, after some time report to hear accustic perceptions that match the description of a tinnitus. However, the tinnitus that is usually meant when using the term, can be caused by a wide variety of organic causes, from ear tumours over disease of the immune system and neural problems in the ear to infections, intoxications anywhere in the body or the brain, and cardiovascular issues, and psychosomatic and psychologic factors (stress) as well.

Therefore, if you suffer from tinnitus, do not think you are "safe" when learning to live with it and therefore not going to a doctor - when you assume it is "just something with your ear", then you can be very wrong, maybe. It could be a symptom that something very and totally different is wrong with your health.