...oh vertigo is awful.... I tell my husband the pressure/pain and tinnitus is driving me nuts.... even as I am typing I have a 'droning' noise in my ear/s etc.... I have researched on Web as you have too am sure; asked when I had hearing test and no joy!!
Last month my youngest daughter age 52 told me, Mum i have it too (Tinnitis) but she said - I don't want to talk about it.
They have hearing aids that apparently have another noise maker in them to drown out the tinnitus but to me its just another noise to listen to...I sleep in own room so have ipad on you tube with soft piano music playing most nights.... i am not a plink plonk piano player fan but found one that is more mellow. Some listen to waves or rain but i cannot.
Thing is, my bedroom is over the furnace/heating room and it wakes me up too when running; also our darn loud fridge... so its not odd to see me creeping around at 3am listening to the fridge and furnace to find out it its them or my ears!! I joke about it but its not funny.
There are clinics in Ontario that try to train you to take your mind off the noise but there is no magic cure. For me, the pain and pressure would be nice to get rid of. They are saying that with so many people using ear buds and headphones and holding cell phones to their ears that there will likely be more ear problems such as this in future.....but people still use them! I still hold out hope they will be able to find to help us all.... J