Worsening Tinnitus, Normal?

Hello my name is Kelly. I do not have tinnitus myself but fiance does, he has suffered with it for years. Recently he said it has gotten worse. I was just wondering if we should be concerned about it worsening? And also is it normal for it to last for years, is it something that never goes away?

 

Do you know of any research on any other place... maybe scientific research on the percentages of tinnitus getting worse?

 

Omg so all of them said tinnitus got worse? Or am I reading that incorrectly

 

So if you can't mask it, you're screwed.
Makes sense, though. In my book T isn't severe if it is maskable. A person's reaction to it might be, but unmaskable T is a whole different ballgame.

 

I know people whose T isn't maskable and they are fine. My uncle is one. Never even knew he had it until I called my Aunt crying about my T.

My T is very hard to mask at night. I don't understand it at all. During the day almost anything masks it. At night it's very hard.

 

I too know someone that has tinnitus loud enough to hear anywhere and it doesn't bother him. He's in his mid 60s and it came on very gradually and he's not really sure when he got tinnitus.

Recently I've had a couple good days where my tinnitus is low enough to almost be maskable during the day. I can still hear it if, but it's not front and center drilling away in my head. This has only happened one or two days in the past four months, still it's loud as ever at night and makes it hard to sleep, but you don't know how relieving it is to have a break from this constant 24/7 torture however short it may be. It's like I've been given a new lease on life on those days. All I'm saying is it's much easier to habituate to if you can mask it most of the time

 

I'm having the same issue. During the day, I at times barely hear it. At night, it seems to be thunderous (but I'm not sure if it's not my anxiety causing it).