anyone know about Tinnitus?

[LukeA]

I don't know if I would call this tinnitus.. at least in the sense of an elevated degradation of hearing disproportionate to one's age. I think its pretty common to hear that type of sound in complete silence- especially if you focus on it in the middle of the night. If its apparent when you're in conversation or in another activity with consistent background noise, it may be tinnitus, or something like it.

Does your ear otherwise hurt at all? Perhaps its infected.