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Never heard of cordyceps fungi, looks pretty horrible.
Unilateral tinnitus is almost always not noise-induced, unless your other ear is already seriously damages or deformed already.
Hearing loss and tinnitus in one ear could be quite a few things, but they are probably scanning for nerve defects or Ménière's Disease. If you haven't been suffering from vertigo as well, it's probably not that though. Loads of different medications have been known to cause tinnitus, but beings so subjective and capricious it's hard to say what exactly causes it in most cases. Quinnine, drinking and other sinus problems are some of the most common causes though. Do a seach for ototoxic drugs and see if there's anything you take regularly which could be contributing.
There are some therapies for tinnitus, but no cure if it gets really bad unfortunately. Tinnitus retraining therapy is mostly distraction techniques. White noise can help mask it sometimes. You can even get pillows with built in speakers that play white noise to help you sleep.