My 14 year old grandson has tinnitus. He's had it for years, he says ever since he can remember. It's not common in kids. He's had some hearing assessments, and has a little loss of hearing in the affected ear. There was a hole in that eardrum, but it has healed over.
I know the poor kid thought the specialist we're seeing was going to be able to make the ringing go away, but of course, there is little that can be done. The doc has ordered an MRI, but says he's pretty sure there's no growth or anything, this is just to eliminate the possibility. If the ringing is the result of an old infection, that may show up. But still, no treatment is likely.
So, I wonder if anyone knows anything about this, any other treatments you've read of or heard of, or tried. Right now, he listens to his I-Pod when he goes to bed, but he says about all it does is make another noise on top of the ringing.