I suffered a nasty barotrauma to one ear, and a stuffed ear on the other. I now have grommets in both ears. I now have a high pitched whine in both, (but mostly right )ears. It really sucks. I have been dealing with tinnitus for the last year, but since this last slew of ear activity, it has really been cranked up. It has been really annoying last four weeks.
It is particularly troublesome because I just spent *really* big money on a home audio system (My sub woofer alone weighs almost as much as I do!). It is my hope that the tinnitus will absolve itself over time (- like when the grommets eventually fall out), but from my research so far that once tinnitus sets in for the long haul, it is one of the few things you can take to the grave.