31.  Add hearing loss to the list of maladies cigarette smoking may cause in middle-aged and elderly Americans.

32.  After finding some help in hearing aids, Limbaugh said the hearing loss became so acute that even they were of no help.

33.  Allen survived, but suffered hearing loss and other long-term damage, according to a pending malpractice complaint.

34.  BREAKTHROUGH PROCEDURE HEALS DAMAGED EARS Delivering antioxidants directly to delicate hairlike nerve cells within the inner ear seems to undo noise-induced hearing loss.

35.  But Evans, who had severe hearing loss and repeated surgical repair failures, welcomed the scalpel and drill.

36.  But if at the end of this time they show signs of hearing loss, pediatricians should consider either antibiotics or surgery to insert tubes to drain the fluid.

37.  But if the ear has been damaged, permanent and irreversible hearing loss may become apparent years later.

38.  But no, the doctor said, I had suffered actual hearing loss.

39.  But tests showed he was likely, over time, to suffer hearing loss that would render him unfit for the profession.

40.  But the hearing loss forced him to retire from that.