[tptacek]

Had it since childhood, both ears. My impression is that it's on the upper middle class end of the loudness spectrum. I'll notice it if I have a cold sometimes, or if a story about tinnitus hits the front page of HN, but otherwise I'm mostly never thinking about it --- except that I've always got a fan going when I'm sleeping.

It's easy to wind yourself up about, so I think most of what I've done to cope is just learn not to wind myself up about it.