I encourage you to see an ENT and/or an audiologist as soon as possible. The constant ringing in your ears is tinnitus. Tinnitus is often a sign of sensorineural hearing loss. Once you have a baseline hearing test, if you don't already have that documented, you'll have a better idea of what to do next. Excess noise is a causative factor in SNHL. That can be an extreme incident like a gun shot, or excess noise in duration like having the TV volume too loud all the time.

Your spouse may also want to get a baseline audiogram. That's a good idea for anyone in mid life.

I had had ringing in my right ear since 2000, the ear canal itches, feels inflamed, plus I have a great loss of hearing from the 2000 stroke.