To anyone who might have had experience or who could help.

I live in the United States (Missouri) and last spring I was at a
complete stop at a traffic light and someone rear-ended my car.  They
were traveling relatively fast because it threw my car into the rear
of the car in front of me.  When that happened, my air bags deployed.
The sound was very, very loud from the explosion that caused the air
bags to inflate.  All of my windows were shut.

Afterwords, I noticed a terrible ringing in my ears.  Later that
evening, I noticed a very low pitched hum and a terrible echo, in my
right ear.  I was very dizzy and super sensitive to sound.  I went to
the ENT doctor and he prescribed Prednisone.  He also evaluated my
hearing and found that I had subtantial low pitch hearing loss.  After
about 10 days on this medication, the low pitch loss and buzz was all
but gone.  However, the high pitch sounds remain to this day.

I hear it all the time, when I'm awake, when I sleep, all the time.
It's absolutely horrible.  I would give anything to hear silence
again.

Given the fact that this was caused by someone else's neglegence, I
feel like I should be compensated.  The insurance company is State
Farm.

Has anyone had any experience with this?  Could you point me in the
right direction?  It seems like most attorneys don't even know what
I'm talking about when I say tinnitus.  The insurance company has
offerred me $1,500 and I don't think this is right.  The doctor said
that there's nothing he can do (although I've heard Zanax can
sometimes help).  So in other words, I have to live with this for the
rest of my life and it was caused by someone else neglegence.

If anyone knows of anywhere I can get more information on this I would
really appreciate it.