It’s the audio equivalent of a ‘ghost limb’ that amputees experience. The nerve endings that connect to the brain are still active and the brain interprets these signals as a limb. Same with the audio nerves..............
So it sounds like a limb?
There is some treatment for pain I believe where the patient is given a rubber(?) hand and they pretend it is an additional limb, and this distracts them from their pain.
Wonder if we can train the brain to ignore the tinnitus. Certainly seems you can be distracted from it under certain conditions.