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RUSH LIMBAUGH’S HEARING LOSS A RESULT OF AUTO-IMMUNE INNER EAR DISEASE
www.drudge report. ^ | OCT 10, 2001 | DRUDGE

Posted on 10/10/2001 5:50:42 PM PDT by concerned about politics

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To: RightOnline
How did you lose your hearing? My family constantly tells me I'm "going deaf".

They don't know except that it was from a very very early age. I was exposed to a very extreme blast of sound at an early age OR was born with nerve damage.

In kindergarten (I'm a "baby-boomer") ... in the 50's I went to lip reading classes and use lip reading now. I cannot make out lyrics to music but can make out "talk radio". Otherwise I live a normal life and work as an institutional equities trader on a trading desk ... in fact I run the desk. I have never thought of myself as "handicapped".

Tinntinitus (sp) is different. I'm not sure I could handle constant ringing in my ears.

I wish Rush the best. If he can be cured ... it will be at the House Ear Clinic.

21 posted on 10/10/2001 7:04:45 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: Benrand
That Wild Turkey is good sh*t, isn't it...

ROFL!!!

22 posted on 10/10/2001 7:06:45 PM PDT by DoctorHydrocal
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To: VOA
I survived a bout with Meniere's Syndrome (inner-ear problem)...was almost sent House Ear Clinic. Its reputation is unmatched in this area of medicine.

As you know the House Ear Clinic is massive. People from all over the world come there for the most severe ear disorders. As you know, ears affect your balance ... when you have really severe balance problems it is impossible to walk ... and impossible to think properly as a result.

23 posted on 10/10/2001 7:09:18 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: VOA
I survived a bout with Meniere's Syndrome (inner-ear problem)...was almost sent House Ear Clinic. Its reputation is unmatched in this area of medicine.

As you know the House Ear Clinic is massive. People from all over the world come there for the most severe ear disorders. As you know, ears affect your balance ... when you have really severe balance problems it is impossible to walk ... and impossible to think properly as a result.

24 posted on 10/10/2001 7:09:28 PM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: Bush2000
"This is a publicity stunt. After a while, Rush will declare himself "cured". Wait and see. "

You are a cynical SOB. Just why would someone (who already has the most popular radio show ever, and makes millions of $) resort to such a totally stupid and easily provable trick. Maybe you are that dumb, but, think what you want of Rush, he ain't dumb. Are you just a tad jealous? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?

25 posted on 10/10/2001 7:12:12 PM PDT by K7TNW
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To: Glenn
A quick and witty ditty there.
26 posted on 10/10/2001 7:14:29 PM PDT by Hugh Akston
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To: all
My mom has an autoimmune disorder which affects her eyes. She could loose her sight in days/weeks/years depending on the degree of the flare up of the disease. Very very insidious and scary.
27 posted on 10/10/2001 7:28:46 PM PDT by Mikeswife
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To: imperator2
I think the phone call part is not a problem. It looks like they have it pretty well in control already. It seems they are using a voice translator. With the 10 second delay, they can put it on air without people noticing although I am sure that those on the phone probably notice.
28 posted on 10/10/2001 7:30:56 PM PDT by gore3000
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To: Bush2000
This is a publicity stunt. After a while, Rush will declare himself "cured". Wait and see.

If it is, then the M.D.s will have "some 'splain'" to do when they fail to
cure people similarly situated as Mr. Limbaugh.

I may be naive, but I doubt that Limbaugh would put on a stunt like this.
Especially with people from a high-reputation place like the House Ear Clinic
involved in this high-profile case.
29 posted on 10/10/2001 7:36:45 PM PDT by VOA
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To: BunnySlippers
and impossible to think properly as a result.

Are you saying the WH press is DEAF??? Jennings is DEAF...wow, how does he doit?

30 posted on 10/10/2001 7:41:25 PM PDT by Benrand
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To: concerned about politics
Rush and I have the same ear doctor-- M. Jennifer Derebery of the House Ear Clinic in L.A. He's in great hands. She's the best in the business for this sort of thing. (And, a total sweetheart!) I could not be more delighted with this news.
31 posted on 10/10/2001 8:04:56 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: Hugh Akston
A quick and witty ditty there.

Thanks for noticing. It's so hard to explain them.

32 posted on 10/10/2001 8:09:21 PM PDT by Glenn
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To: RightOnline
My brother-in-law had that ringing and it went away when he started taking Ginko. I believe I heard of someone else having the same experience.
33 posted on 10/10/2001 8:21:14 PM PDT by maranatha
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To: maranatha
Ginko, eh? Maybe I should try that..........thanks.
34 posted on 10/10/2001 8:40:03 PM PDT by RightOnline
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To: Bush2000
This is a publicity stunt. After a while, Rush will declare himself "cured". Wait and see.

And do you also believe that Andy Kaufman is still alive, after having faked his death?
35 posted on 10/11/2001 2:06:39 AM PDT by VRWC_Member428
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Prayers helped indeed. I read all the articles on the internet this morning. They sound pretty confident this. It appears that his radio show may be safe for the time being. That's good to hear.
Regards.
36 posted on 10/11/2001 5:26:38 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: K7TNW
Like it or not, Limbaugh is a fringe-dweller in the media circus. Everyone considers him to be a rightwing ideologue. But handicaps have a way of rehabilitating and softening one's public image. I think Limbaugh truly wants to make conservatism mainstream but, in order to do that, he's got to move the center to the right. What better way to defuse his critics than to emphasize a handicap? This was played to great effect by the late Charles Ruff. Nobody dared criticize him in his wheelchair without being called a bigot.
37 posted on 10/16/2001 1:37:59 PM PDT by Bush2000
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To: Bush2000
Of course your comment makes no sense at all. Why would someone fake a serious illness, easily uncovered to do something so easily accomplished in other ways? By the way, I don't think any person with an IQ more than 30 could not see that Rush's speech is absolutely indicative of a person with hearing failure. Having worked a bit in this, I can tell you for sure this would be hard to "fix".

But, I submit to your radical suppositions with no indication of evidence!

38 posted on 10/16/2001 5:53:30 PM PDT by K7TNW
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To: K7TNW
How, exactly, would faking be easily uncovered?
39 posted on 10/16/2001 8:24:45 PM PDT by Bush2000
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To: BunnySlippers
"Hearing aids do not work with nerve damage as there is not a functioning nerve to carry ANY sound ... it's just dead."

His left ear is precisely that. . .right ear on 'life support'; so to speak. . .

40 posted on 10/16/2001 8:33:04 PM PDT by cricket
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