stackyFACTSWhen acoustic damage occurs, your internal processing system refuses to accept silence. Tinnitus is basically your auditory pathways aggressively inventing phantom ringing sounds to compensate for the lack of actual input, trapping you with a permanent, high-pitched ghost signal.
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