My name is William (Bill, please) Cowherd (Cow-herd, the h is not silent!). I believe I'm just entering my second year with this incessant high-pitched "noise in my head" which I now know to be one of the many sound shapes that tinnitus generates. I've had a great deal of difficulty trying to deal with it, but I've found a "support group" of folks who are willing to share the tools and coping mechanisms they use. I continue to pray for a cure, as well as for the words to describe it to people who are sometimes uncaring and unsympathetic.