Many rock stars, such as Peter Frampton, Bob Dylan and Bono from U2, have written about their hearing problems.
Seventies hearthrob Bob Seger's famous song Turn the Page describes tinnitus in the line "Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed, with the echo from the amplifiers ringing in your head". Wonder when we will see him on the road again?
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