This May, in honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM), The Hearing Review has drawn from several sources to round up a list of famous people who suffer from hearing loss or a related issue. This compilation is intended to help illustrate how hearing loss and communication disorders can affect people of any age, and from all walks of life.
Famous Musicians with Hearing Damage
This list of well-known musicians with hearing loss was created by Andrew Mendelson at ListVerse.com, whose article highlighted the issue of noise-induced hearing loss:
Neil Young
Ozzy Osbourne
Phil Collins
George Martin (producer of The Beatles, known as “the fifth Beatle”)
Will.i.am
Brian Wilson
Jeff Beck
Eric Clapton
Pete Townshend
Ludwig von Beethoven
Celebrities with Hearing Issues
The AARP created this slideshow of notable people who have experienced hearing problems:
Rob Lowe
Bill Clinton
Halle Berry
Stephen Colbert
Rush Limbaugh
Jane Lynch
Robert Redford
Holly Hunter
Jodie Foster
Famous People with Hearing Loss
The list from EarQ, a nationwide network of independent hearing healthcare providers, included:
Helen Keller
Julia Brace
Noteworthy People Who Have Some Hearing Loss or Who Are Profoundly Deaf
And, other websites around the Internet included the following celebrities who have varying degrees of hearing loss:
Halle Berry
Rush Limbaugh
Leslie Nielsen
William Shatner
Jane Lynch
Marlee Matlin
Foxy Brown
Shoshannah Stern
Lou Ferrigno
Phyllis Frelich
Sean Berdy
Katie Leclerc
Russell Harvard
Sources: Health, ListVerse, AARP, EarQ, MadameNoire
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