no, it will not get worse. taper off really slow, and make sure you use appropriate ambient sound, such as very calm music, such as Enya, played at low level, or pink noise, or a CD i find very useful called Restful Rain, which is recording of rain, mixed with white noise. it is very good plan to gradually taper off. i consistently attempt to do this, although i find it extremely difficult, due to my tinnitus being extremely reactive.