One of my cousin's has it poor ****er... Hard to imagine what it's like if you are not a sufferer ... closest I can come up with is... just imagine you've got HIAG's band murdering God Gave Rock & Roll To You playing on an endless loop in your head ... and you can't switch it down .... or off
I get it from time to time. If I'm exposed to really loud music at a gig my right ear will ring incessantly for a couple of days and I'll generally have a head ache. Not pleasant. Stems from the very first gig I went to where we were stood next to the speaker and it was so loud that it was inaudible - just a ringing, shrieking noise.
My cousin used to work in a leather factory in his late teens / early 20s ... keep telling him that he's probably entitled to some form of compensation, but the silly ****er is too proud to explore that
I have it pretty bad especially in my left ear ! It never goes away but I've got used to it ! I find Beer helps you forget about it