constant ringing in ears, vision disturbances

[cooterbites]

Well I've always had bad ears, had tubes in them three times as a kid. my eyes aren't the best either, but for as long as I can remember now (at least a couple years) I've had constant ringing in my ears and have not googled what it could be. (proud of myself) I'm curious though as to why this could be happening and someone recently scared me by saying it could be related to hearing loss among other scary things.
 the vision disturbances are relatively new, withon the last few months. I see tiny glitter spots sometimes and others will be red or blue spots that just flash for a split second. id much rather see what some of you have to say then go on google, so any ideas/thoughts?

thanks (: