Airplane engines & guns, motorcycles & machinery pre-ear protection days, so yes, tinnitus is there all the time.
But you know what? I rarely notice it unless someone says something about it. I’ve learned to just ignore it. Not because it isn’t enough volume either - it is - I just filter it out most of the time.....
I just filter it out most of the time............me, too.................
This refusing to be a victim thing is so 20th Century.
Your experience mirrors mine. It gets interesting if you try to take a hearing test where those pesky tones come over the earphones. I hear the tones even when they aren’t there.