Why Is It Not Recommended to Completely Mask the Tinnitus?

[Wolfears]

Ok so I have found that some days I'm able to use bit of background noise (for sleep) without the tinnitus whipping itself into high pitched sweat inducing eeeeeeeee, that would always be louder than anything else, which would force me to abandon any sound enrichment efforts fot the night.
This is somewhat good news, although it can change on daily bases.

Here is my question:
It seems like the prevailing wisdom here is not to mask the tinnitus and set the background noise just below it.

However... should I find out that I have the ability to drown this evil, life destroying piece of s#!t moth@# fu##er, why is it a bad thing?

Assuming that the prevailing opinion here is also the fact, that the tinnitus moves into the brain after certain time...wouldn't drowning it actually help the brain to forget about it and maybe give it a chance to reset itself?

Just wondering if my logic on this matter is sound?

 

[glynis]

If your brain can not hear the tinnitus for the music it takes your brain longer not to focus on it.
Setting it lower pushes your brain to push past your sound to the one you have chosen. In theory
Love glynis