I figure "My Ears" count as "Other Gear" haha
Ok, so I went and had an Audiogram (by a very pretty Swedish doctor, so I'm going to have to get tested frequently!) and my ranges are still "normal" but in some parts, on the very edge. But I have noticeable tones in my right ear along with 2 types of noise.
So I asked about some of the notes I hear (tinnitus tones) and if they could be compensated for by matching them in frequency and intensity but phased out and she said "No, it doesn't work that way".
I was a bit stunned, so I asked, "Uh, hows that?" And she replied that it's essentially neurological damage, so what I'm hearing is how my brain interprets the damage. I still may be hearing such frequencies fine, but there may be no correspondence. You can only for sure phase-cancel a REAL tone your ear is hearing, not an imagined one your brain interprets it's hearing from neurological damage. Huh. Also, you can hear 3 tones. One from your imagination, one from the ear drum and it's parts, and one by-passing that going through your skull. Yeow. I feel like an ear-octopus. Or maybe an ear-Tri-pus to be precise.
So there goes my million dollar idea down the drain of phase canceling headphones for tinnitus mixers, lol.
Which brings me to the notion: I doubt anyone hears the same darned thing when they're in a thread arguing about what they hear, since all sense is interpreted by the brain, who knows how people evolve their own interpretations of sound and hearing?
Well, in the end, I was happy to hear I didn't need hearing aids. yet.