Tinnitus a First Sign of a Hearing Loss?

They say tinnitus is sometimes a sign that a hearing loss will occur.

Does this mean that if the hearing loss will occur (if this is the case) the tinnitus will go away?

I ask this because I only know two young people with severe hearing loss and they always wear hearing aids. But none of them has tinnitus.

 

Who says that?
All the doctors I've talked to describe it the other way around: they said T is a sign that hearing loss has occurred.

 

I wish!

My tinnitus started as I began to lose the hearing in my left ear. As my hearing loss increased so did the T. My only guess is that it's because of the imbalance between what I hear in each ear. Every now and then my T is suppressed (wish I knew why!) but my hearing is no better. My sister has hearing loss and T as well. I think it's likely genetic, or even just random, as to who gets T with hearing loss and who doesn't.