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As someone who suffers from fairly bad tinnitus, having its existence shoved in my face is not a particularly enjoyable experience as I spend most of my time inventing ways of trying to ignore it. However, with many GPs largely ignorant of the condition’s finer points, Tinnitus Awareness Week is an important way of rasing the profile of something that blights, in various forms, up to 10% of the population. And if you think that having a constant tone in your ears couldn’t be anything more than irritant, be aware that it’s driven many people to suicide. British Tinnitus Association ambassador Eddy Temple-Morris has written a nice update on his work to release a fund-raising album, potentially featuring work from famous sufferers such as Chris Martin and Noel Gallagher, here…