After, specially shooting a lot of claybirds without hearing protection in my younger days, I now pay the price. Hearing is not so good as before and had tinnitus (but luckily tinnitus is gone now). My recommendation to avoid it is to use, in my case Peltor active hearing protection products. I use them always when hunting or shooting. They are really one of the most important things I always carry with me and use.
For tinnitus chronicus there is no cure as far as I know.
