Yeah I feel like the total silence causes me to focus on the ringing, which raises the intensity -- I think it's a mental thing. Whenever I use noise cancellin

Yeah I feel like the total silence causes me to focus on the ringing, which raises the intensity -- I think it's a mental thing. Whenever I use noise cancelling headphones (or really any headphones), I always have something playing even at a really low volume to drown out the tinnitus.