I’m 59 and have had this for the past 20 or 25 years. It is not real bad, but some days it just bugs me. I remember being in the fields driving a tractor without a muffler. We had all right hand plows, so our left ear was always exposed to the engine and muffler noise.
I also had a cousin shoot his shotgun at some doves just over my left ear after I had taken out my ear plugs. That was when I really started noticing the tinnitus. I guess that was about 18 years ago.
Dick Cheney is your cousin?......................