I heard on NPR about an hour ago that musicians Eric Clapton,

[raccoon]

Huey Lewis, and Roger Daltrey had significant hearing loss. I expect other aging rockers have this problem as well, but the public doesn’t know it.

[LisaM]

1. I did know it about Huey Lewis.

I think he stopped performing because of it.

[underpants]

8. Mnire's disease

I read about this on his Wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9ni%C3%A8re%27s_disease

[red dog 1]

2. Ozzy Osbourne too, plus all these guys

Brian Johnson - AC/DC
John Illsley - Dire Straits bass player
Chris Martin - Cold Play
Trent Reznor - Nine Inch Nails
Will.i.am - The Black Eyed Peas
Neil young
Liam Gallagher - Oasis
Joey Jordison - Slipknot
Phil Collins - (had to stop playing drums in 2011 due to hearing loss)
Eric Clapton
Pete Townsend - (Now almost completely deaf)
John Entswisle - (started to go deaf early in his career, relied on lip reading in
the latter parts of his career..died in 2002)
David Pirner - Soul Asylum
Bob Dylan - (Severe Tinnitus due to loud music)
Sting
Ted Nugent (who cares?)
Mick Fleetwood
John Densmore - The Doors' drummer
Louis Tomlinson - One Direction - (his hearing loss is due to screaming fans)

[pressbox69]

18. Nutty Nugent

seems to be dumb as well.

[Merlot]

3. Of course they do.

I'm watching Bruce Springsteen on Broadway (on Netflix) and was noticing that he yells a lot. Then realized he probably has hearing loss.

[GoneOffShore]

23. I watched him on Netflix

And was so pleased that I hadn't paid the Broadway ticket price. The show was good, but not worth what was being charged in NYC.

[underpants]

4. Pete Townshend is deaf

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/who-roger-daltrey-pete-townshend-stone-deaf/

[exboyfil]

7. Keith Moon did not help

When he loaded up the bass drum with pyrotechnics during an early tv appearance. You can see it in The Kids Are Alright concert documentary.

[red dog 1]

13. Speaking of The Who,

John Entswisle started to go deaf early in his career and relied on lip-reading in the later parts of his career.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Most do. I do, mine is from rehearsing with headphones on.

But also from standing next to towers of speakers at concerts.

As a musician and fan I got a double dose of it.

[Yonnie3]

9. I've lost a lot in my left ear from mixing bands.

I'd often be stuck at stage side in some of the small venues. I couldn't mix with earplugs in. We got new gear where I could walk around with my I-Pad and mix remotely, but it was too late. This was only after several hundred shows.

Some of the old timer musicians I worked with need outrageously loud monitor mixes with very unusual equalization. Delbert McClinton comes to mind. When we did him in a small room, all you could hear was his stage mix in the room.

[redstateblues]

6. I've been wearing ear protection for the last 20 years of my career

[Ohiogal]

10. I have attended enough loud concerts in my day

But they tell me my hearing loss is probably due to chemotherapy that I had 10 years ago..... that it's not an uncommon side effect.

[Shrike47]

11. Mine seems to be attributable to Vancomycin I took for MRSA.

[yonder]

12. Add Jimi Hendrix to that list too.

Our neighbor is basically incapacitated by Tinnitus. It's the worst case I've seen. He's a good musician and still plays, albeit quietly. He played in many bands over the years which lead to his current state. He usually has his custom earplugs and/or muffs in around the house and definitely does not risk going anywhere without them for fear any sudden, especially unanticipated noise will set his ears off. It doesn't take much either, sometimes just a finger snap. I have a much more mild case of it so can appreciate his misery.

[milestogo]

14. Tinnitus is miserable.

Makes it very difficult for some people to sleep.

[Firestorm49]

15. Add Sting to the list.

[rsdsharp]

16. Daltrey doesn't surprise me.

The loudest concert I ever attended was the Who in a domed stadium. I'm surprised I'm not deaf after that, but I do have some hearing loss, particularly high frequency due to wearing VERY LOUD headphones while on the radio.

[KT2000]

17. I used to put cigarette filters

in my ears at the loud concerts. The super loud music was painful.
I hate seeing young men doing landscaping work with loud equipment and no ear protection. They will lose their hearing too.

[hibbing]

20. I haven't got mine checked

I spent a lot of time listening to loud music and going to some loud shows. Now on the rare occasion when I do go to a show I wear ear protection. I can't even imagine Dylan, the guy has been on the Never Ending Tour for decades.

Peace

[DFW]

21. We ALL have it, and I stopped playing loud rock at age 21.

I can only imagine what guys have who have been doing this for 50 years.

[mucifer]

22. Just a quick FYI : Lots of elderly people have hearing loss

It's part of the aging process for a big chunk of people.

We don't think of these rock stars as elderly. But, a lot of them are.

[raccoon]

24. I know that, it runs in my mother's family. Nt