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I don't know how you guys deal with that. Trying not to pay attention does not really work (like trying not to think about a pink elephant). Paying full attention makes it louder. So i just let it be, and when i hear it, i hear it, and when i don't, i don't. The problem seems to be when you begin to associate negative feelings to it, and wanting to get rid of it, which is easy to do when you are under stress -> so it leads to more stress, and more tinnitus, and more stress... The more you want to get rid of it, the more it rings. Zazen helps cause there is peace in this moment, tinnitus or not.
I have various whistles in the ear too. Just let them whistle. When they are loud, let them be loud, When they are "annoying", it is only you who is annoyed. Just don't be annoyed. Drop judgments, just resistance, drop the wish that it were some other way than what is.
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The only thing I would say is that as well as not pushing the tinnitus away, maybe also try not to push your emotional response to it away...so if annoyance comes up, stress, whatever, just let that be there too - the more you react to stress the worse it gets. So just be there with the ringing, the annoyance about the ringing, and include it all.
Jishin's advice as using the ringing as the center of focus, instead of breath/posture/open awareness, is interesting too. Give it a shot.