Interesting article on tinnitus

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/12/28/tinnitus.metallica.drummer/index.html

i try to warn my friends about this. they don't seem to take it seriously. they continue to go without ear protection and laugh it off as my paranoia. which i have to admit, hurts a little. i live with tinnitus 24/7 and it's nothing to laugh at.

this article does a good job describing the physiological processes of tinnitus. hopefully, one day we'll have a cure.