Every brain injury leaves a life long remainder injury. Tinnitus is not the only long term symptom. Think of it as a scar. Many different injuries and illnesses leave lifelong scars.

The longer you fret about your tinnitus, the harder it is going to be to learn to ignore it.

I can stop at any time during the day and listen for my tinnitus. It is always there, sometimes louder than other times. But, I can ignore the loudest tinnitus just as well as I can ignore the less annoying tinnitus.

The only time it is a problem is when I am trying to hear something that is of a similar pitch. That is rare.