Phil Collins is latest rock star to lose hearing
According to media reports, 55-year-old singer Phil Collins is gradually losing his hearing and becoming increasingly lonely in his beautiful Swiss home near Geneva.
The problems are said to have begun in 2000 when Collins first became aware of a loss of hearing in his right ear and took this as a sign that he needed to change his attitude to life.
" I wasn't frightened," he said, "but the sudden deafness has been described as ear-stroke and, as I had spent most of my life touring, I accepted it philosophically and began to realise that I had better things to be doing."
The Who singer Roger Daltrey has also admitted he is going deaf after fronting one of the world's loudest rock bands and says his hearing was worn away by excessive volume on stage. His fellow bandsman Pete Townsend is also claiming that high-decibel rock has damaged his hearing irrevocably and puts the blame on the headphones worn during recording sessions.
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I am losing my hearing. For 15 years I worked in the record industry as a plugger and was subjected to loud music at gigs etc, and also after listening to loud music on my home hifi can't have helped. After 2 operations the hearing was improved but with age it is slowly deterioating. I have hearing aids and they really help and at first was embarassed that people would laugh i.e. the old adage "Deaf & Daft". Bill Clinton wears 2 aids & he is far from daft.
I took Roger Daltrey out on the road when he had a Solo album out in the 70's, and he seemed fine., except deafness is gradual in most cases and is not a laughing matter.
Posted by: ian kingsley | November 26, 2008 03:25 AM
I am losing my hearing. For 15 years I worked in the record industry as a plugger and was subjected to loud music at gigs etc, and also after listening to loud music on my home hifi can't have helped. After 2 operations the hearing was improved but with age it is slowly deteriorating. I have hearing aids and they really help and at first was embarassed that people would laugh i.e. the old adage "Deaf & Daft". Bill Clinton wears 2 aids & he is far from daft.
I took Roger Daltrey out on the road when he had a Solo album out in the 70's, and he seemed fine., except deafness is gradual in most cases and is not a laughing matter.
Posted by: ian kingsley | November 26, 2008 04:01 AM
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Posted by: ChabrellIgan | April 23, 2009 06:42 PM