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Title: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: Suppressed on January 13, 2018, 04:22:46 am

Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
By MEGAN MCCLUSKEY January 12, 2018
http://time.com/5101654/eric-clapton-going-deaf/ (http://time.com/5101654/eric-clapton-going-deaf/)

Rock legend Eric Clapton has revealed that he is going deaf. In a recent interview on BBC Radio 2’s “Steve Wright in the Afternoon,” the award-winning guitarist spoke about how both his hearing loss and tinnitus — a hearing disorder that can cause high-pitched ringing in the ears — are affecting his career.

“I mean, I’m going deaf, I’ve got tinnitus, my hands just about work,” he said. “I mean, I’m hoping that people will come along and see me just because, or maybe more than because I’m a curiosity. I know that is part of it. It’s amazing to myself that I’m still here.”

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Title: Re: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: truth_seeker on January 13, 2018, 04:47:29 am

(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQpqU3oTWGaOqv71dy8W-DiWaAGbeus26o2BbVpk79pjVycBX8WVQ)

Clean and sober around 30 years. Lives a good amount of the time, in Ohio where his wife comes from.

Too bad he is declining physically. I heard a couple of years ago, he had neuropathy in his feet--or something like that.

18 minutes of gentle semi-bootleg of 1970jam by Eric Clapton and Duane Allman

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64e-QkJiTMc#)

Clapton : Music ,Addiction and Redemption 23 minutes

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py1VzfqxfW4&t=120s#)

Title: Re: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: SZonian on January 13, 2018, 04:52:36 am

Love Clapton, but I have been living and dealing with tinnitus for years due to my service in the military...it's been well and long known that certain levels of noise are going to cause this problem.

Wish him the best in learning to deal with it...no known cure at this time.

Title: Re: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: truth_seeker on January 13, 2018, 05:30:56 am

Quote from: SZonian on January 13, 2018, 04:52:36 am

Love Clapton, but I have been living and dealing with tinnitus for years due to my service in the military...it's been well and long known that certain levels of noise are going to cause this problem.

Wish him the best in learning to deal with it...no known cure at this time.

I have had tinnitus since 1969 and two days on the range at Fort Ord, two ears worth. Hearing loss, too.

Title: Re: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: Frank Cannon on January 13, 2018, 05:34:10 am

What?

Title: Re: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: RoosGirl on January 13, 2018, 05:49:33 am

I wished I was deaf after I heard that acoustic version of Layla.

Title: Re: Legendary Musician Eric Clapton Reveals He Is Going Deaf
Post by: SZonian on January 13, 2018, 04:56:06 pm

Quote from: Frank Cannon on January 13, 2018, 05:34:10 am

What? ****slapping

 :silly: