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@sorethroat
Had a weird experience a about 4 years ago when I was camping in France. I work up one morning with a quite loud high pitched hissing sound in one ear, like a whining tv static. By coincidence I had been bitten super badly that evening by harvest mites, this is probably unrelated though. I just thought my ear was blocked but then I started hearing the noise in the other ear now too. Went back home and had hearing tests and examinations at 3 different ENT practices and all we found out was that I had 15% hearing loss and they couldn't find a physical medical reason as to why I had these sounds. Tried steroids but that didn't work.
They reckon it was partly due to many years of loud gigs/loud headphones and my job where we have lots of loud power tools and banging and that it happened suddenly when I was camping because just before that I was really stressed out with work/life stuff.
Since then I've been super careful around loud noises and always wear ear protection at gigs and at work. I have't used headühones/ear buds for 4 years or so. I always cover my ears when sirens go past or I go past loud road works.
I have these annoying noises constantly but they are particularly bad when im stressed, hungover or worn out.
Any good advice? Someone mentioned something about a pressure chamber that can help?