Celebrities With Hearing Loss
Huey Lewis
Whoopi Goldberg
Rob Lowe
Bill Clinton
Halle Berry
Stephen Colbert
Lance Allred
Jean-Christophe Novelli
Will.i.am
Millie Bobby Brown
Derrick Coleman Jr.
Millicent Simmonds
Adam Rippon
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SOURCES:
AARP: “Celebrities With Hearing Issues.”
ABC News: “Did Drugs Cause Limbaugh's Hearing Loss?”
CBC News: “Stephen Colbert: 5 little-known facts about The Late Show's new host.”
Chattanooga Times Free Press: “Wiedmer: Deaf former NFL player Derrick Coleman will bring a message worth hearing to Chattanooga at RISE 2020.”
CNN: “Derrick Coleman: The deaf Super Bowl champion who broke the sound barrier,” “DEAFinitely Dope: Handing rap music to the deaf.”
Daily Mail: “Television chef Jean-Christophe Novelli reveals he is losing his hearing after years in noisy kitchens.”
Deafinitely Dope.
Hear-it: “High-frequency hearing loss.”
Krumslek, A. Stephen Colbert: Late-Night Comedy Leader, Lecent Press, 2019.
The Los Angeles Times: “Clinton to Get Hearing Aids for Both Ears,” “Rare Disease Sapping Limbaugh’s Hearing.”
Mashable: “6 things Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco wants you to know about sign language.”
Mayo Clinic: “Mumps,” “Cochlear implants,” “Tinnitus.”
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: “Quick Statistics About Hearing.”
NPR: “Facing Hearing Loss, Huey Lewis Releases What 'May Be' His Last Album.”
Penn State News: “First deaf NBA player Lance Allred speaks to high school students about perseverance.”
People: “Halle Berry Speaks Out About Her Experiences with Domestic Abuse: 'In the Quiet of My Mind, I Still Struggle',” “Hurts So Bad: Halle Berry Planned Her Success Carefully, but She Did Not Foresee the End of Her Marriage.”
Pittsburg Post-Gazette: “Rob Lowe.”
Rolling Stone: “Huey Lewis May Never Perform Again. But He Refuses to Give Up.”
Team USA: “Adam Rippon.”
Teen Vogue: “Millicent Simmonds Is a Force to Be Reckoned With,” “Millicent Simmonds: Why My "A Quiet Place" Character Matters.”
The New York Times: “Limbaugh Tells Listeners He's Nearly Deaf.”
The New Yorker: “Reporter Guy.”
Time: “Figure Skater Adam Rippon Already Made Olympics History. Here Are 5 Things to Know About Him.”
Times Leader: “First deaf NBA player Lance Allred speaks to high school students about perseverance.”
Variety: “How ‘Stranger Things’ Star Millie Bobby Brown Made Eleven ‘Iconic’ and Catapulted Into Pop Culture.”
Vt.: “Will.i.am reveals long battle with tinnitus will eventually lead to him losing his hearing.”
YouTube: “Music star Will.i.am speaks about his Tinnitus - 2011 Interview,” “Why Deaf Model Nyle DiMarco Doesn't Wish He Could Hear Personal,” “Millicent Simmonds encourages participation in Sign On For Literacy competition.”
Starkey: “Are two hearing aids better than one?” “All Ears: What is low-frequency hearing loss?” “All Ears: What is high-frequency hearing loss?”
HuffPost: “Halle Berry Opens Up About Experience with Domestic Abuse.”