And yes, I understand that suffering is relative and that there are worse things than Meniere’s disease, thank you.
Having a lawnmower in my head at all time is not the end of the world. But it's certainly exhausting and sometimes disabilitating.
It's meaningless to compare health conditions. What's the worst between something that kills you, something that paralyzes you, something that gives you constant pain and something that triggers constant fear in you?
All of them. All of them are the worst to people who suffers from them.
Tinnitus is brought up in the article, this is why people are talking about it. Not because it's a condition that is worst than others.
Reading about a possible cure is one of the are form of hope someone with tinnitus will ever have.