Hi Valerie, I have had tinnitus for 53 years since I shattered my eardrum so I know how annoying it can be. It has become louder and louder in recent years. I had never heard of the musical version which really sounds annoying because it would conflict with the real sounds. Anytime you hear something that isn't really there, it's not good. Sorry to hear you have this. From what I just read, it's your brain trying to fill in the hearing gap appropriately the same way our brain fills in the blind spot in our eye to match the rest of what it sees. Why it picks music, who knows? What a strange and annoying disorder.

I just got hearing aids. The audiologist thought it might help with the tinnitus among other issues. It does not. He said it would help with clarity -- not so far. What it does for me as far as I can tell is just amplify everything so I'm hearing things a person wouldn't normally hear like loud crinkling paper when I try to read. It's like a sitcom when someone has a hangover and they hear every little sounds magnified and annoying. So far it doesn't help with clarity on the TV. The last issue to test is if I can hear better in a crowded restaurant. Haven't tested that yet. With hearing loss in one ear mostly, it makes it hard to distinguish close voices from distant voices so I don't hear anyone clearly.