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Originally Posted by wendybeth
While I despise Limbaugh, I think he's to be pitied. He has lost his hearing, probably due to the drug abuse, <snip>
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While studying for my Doctorate in Audiology I followed Rush's struggle with sudden/progressive hearing loss with intense interest. The doctor's at the House Ear Institute in Los Angeles put Rush thru many tests to determine the etiology of his loss in order to determine whether or not a cochlear implant was indicated. They determined that he lost his hearing from a systemic viral infection that attacked the unique tissues and structures of the ear as if they were a foreign body. This is how Rush went from essentially normal hearing to a profound hearing impairment within six months. I am currently the audiologist for a patient who is suffering from the same ailment and, luckily, her hearing has stabilized at about a 60% impairment.
I know I don't post here much but I just wanted to add my .02 since I do specialize in ears.
As my final comment I will say that I think many are missing the true outrage of this investigation of Rush. How many times have we heard on the news lately how people are afraid that the president is illegally wiretapping and we have no privacy, blah blah. And yet when Rush's medical records were seized illegally no one in the media expressed outrage about that invasion of privacy? Hmm, pot, kettle, black?