Can continuous sounds while asleep cause ringing in the ears after waking up as a result of constant eardrum and ear canal stimulation ?

I've had aquarium bubbles going in my bedroom as a kid, but they helped me sleep. No ringing. I've used nature sounds as an adult, but only recently have I experienced ringing in the ears later in the day after I wake up. I listen to a lot of computer audio like YouTube and live TV streams for hours most of the day and evening. The ear ringing started recently when my sleep sound (to help me fall asleep) was jet plane cabin noise. So I switched to white noise and it's still happening. Neither is at a loud volume level - just enough for me to hear it across the room from my computer speakers. I don't know if it's related, but I've had a clear sticky substance in my ear canals and I don't know where it's coming from. It used to be both ears, but lately it's just the left ear. This has been going on at least 6 months, long time before the ringing started. My doctor prescribed 2 nose sprays and 2 pills, mainly anti-histamines, thinking it was allergies, but that was 6 months ago, long before the ringing started. I don't take that stuff regularly anymore and question if it did any good. Four prescriptions seemed like overkill, as if he was guessing. Throw some spaghetti at the wall and maybe some of it will stick. Even if one of them worked, I'd never know which one, for the future. I still don't think that's related to the ringing. I've heard of people having ringing ears as a symptom of COVID, but I haven't had COVID.