When in complete silence, I'm somewhat ok with it, not good, but I cope somehow. While external sound like a fan, dishwasher, white noise, wind etc. will make it seem much worse (and I don't think my tinnitus is reactive, it's the same level but other environmental sounds are kind of a reference to how bad it is). More @Wikipedia
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