Is there something I can buy over the counter to help stop or limit the ringing !

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I thought you said it was from a bike injury.
Regardless of the type of injury, A is right that you developed Tinnitus. You can read up about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitus but there are no permanent cures except to fix what caused the problem. The Wiki article points out that it's a symptom, not a disease... either you damaged some part of your ear canal or the damage to your skull that you mentioned from your bike injury may have damaged some part of your brain. If you could fix whatever caused the ringing, it could theoretically stop... but there's not really a major cure for either of those short of surgery (which isn't advanced enough at this time to be successful very often).

There are some OTC and supplemental products on the market that help to stimulate circulation to the delicate tissues of the inner ear that can help encourage your body's normal healing and might help to alleviate some of the symptoms... but since it's simply helping circulation to that area, there's no guarantee by any means that it would stop the ringing. Good luck and I hope I helped!

Personal research (I also have some Tinnitus from listening to music too loud as a teenager)

If you suddenly developed ringing in only one ear that keeps progressing, you should visit your primary care doctor. You might even go so far as to ask for a referral to an ear, nose, and throat physician. Tinnitus itself is benign if annoying, but (as someone else already pointed out), it is just a symptom. As a symptom, it could be associated with other disease processes that you'd want to rule out - especially when it's only occurring in one ear and especially, especially when you experience a sudden onset - whether or not you found the tinnitus bothersome.

If you have medical insurance, you should call the nurse hotline on the back of your card. If you don't have insurance, go to webmd.com and post your question there. Good luck!

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Lol I don't think there is, all though we're getting closer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7959785.stm

Tinnitus. Not much you can do I don't think.