This Scene from Chicago Med Was a Good Representation of Tinnitus Distress for Mainstream Audiences

[PlaceHealth]

I saw this fictional scene from Chicago Med of a character experience tinnitus-like symptoms.



While the biological reason isn't quite tinnitus, the distress, the alienation of doctors not believing you, and despair are so accurately captured.

I related to this episode and liked that it was shown to mainstream audiences. If normal everyday people can have even a hint of understanding the pain we go through, maybe it could help how isolating this disability is and how seriously doctors need to start taking it.

 

[Cmspgran]

Thanks for posting this. It actually made me quite emotional. The words "we can't make you the person that you were before, and dealing with this is going to be a long process." If ENT's and audiologists around the world could just replace "learn to live with it" with that simple sentence, it could make a world of difference for some people.