People from all walks of life suffer from tinnitus, celebrities included. People affected by tinnitus hear a ringing or some other noise in their ears; this noise often does not exist and only the affected person can hear it. For more information on tinnitus, check out our comprehensive tinnitus article. Due to the nature of tinnitus, people suffering from it may feel like they are suffering alone, and often report feelings of isolation due to this phantom sound that no one else can hear.
However, now more than ever, people are starting to open up and discuss their problems with tinnitus. A number of celebrities are joining that movement and openly talking about their experiences with tinnitus: how they developed, live with, and manage their tinnitus. Kirk, has been a vocal member of the American Tinnitus Association for years. The result of standing too close to a special effects explosion during a filming of Star Trek, Shatner has described his tinnitus as a loud screeching sound in his head that would not go away.
He lived in agony for years until he sought the help of an audiologist who helped him manage the condition. Over time, Shatner has learned to suppress and ignore the sound. The techniques he uses include reduced coffee and alcohol consumption and regular exercise.
He also practices listening to soothing and calming sounds, which helps to re-train his brain to consider the tinnitus as background noise and make it more manageable. Although still a young man, Martin thinks he developed the auditory condition in his teens due to his habit of listening to extremely loud music. He now wears earplugs when performing and warns teenagers to protect their hearing by not making the same mistake he did. Actor and comedian Steve Martin developed tinnitus after a loud pistol shooting scene on the set of the movie Three Amigos in He has lived with it ever since.
Asked for his advice to other tinnitus sufferers, Martin simply expressed that people must learn to live with it and make the necessary adjustments to keep from going crazy. He continues in all the roles he had prior to When Liza Minnelli won an Academy Award in , her excited father shouted so loud while sitting next to her that it caused permanent damage to her left ear. She continues to live with tinnitus and permanent damage to her hearing to this day. That was nearly 50 years ago and her story is an example of resilience among the may celebrities with tinnitus.
The name Ozzy Osbourne is synonymous with strange on-stage antics, including once screaming at decibels for 68 seconds straight. However, Osbourne claims it was all the head banging he did during live concerts that caused him to develop tinnitus. He also admits to never wearing earplugs and that he still bangs his head. As a result, he lives with a constant whooshing sound in both ears and has lost some of his hearing. The actor who played Captain Kirk on Star Trek for years has always been open about his tinnitus struggle.
Often he used hearing aids like an ear horn, that you can see today in the Beethoven House museum in Bonn. Charles Darwin. It has been said that tinnitus was a daily exasperation for the evolutionist Charles Darwin.
Skip to content Search for:. Sharing is caring! Ronald Reagan 2. Steve Martin 3. Keanu Reeves 4. Sylvester Stallone 5. Gerard Butler 6. Halle Berry 7. Santiago Segura 9. Robert Redford Barbra Streisand Phil Collins Bob Dylan Shatner tried to live with the tinnitus on his own for years without much success until he finally sought the help of an audiologist.
With professional care, he has been able to manage his tinnitus. He has also learned to suppress and ignore the ringing noise by retraining his brain to treat the tinnitus as background noise. He says he does this by listening to calming and soothing sounds, reducing alcohol and coffee consumption, and exercising. Shatner is also a vocal member of the American Tinnitus Association.
Caryn Elaine Johnson, professionally known as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actress, author, comedian, and television personality born on November 13, Goldberg is one of the few entertainers to have won an Emmy award, Grammy award, an Academy Award, and a Tony award. Goldberg experiences both hearing loss and tinnitus, and she wears hearing aids in both ears.
She is very vocal about her hearing problems and she believes her tinnitus comes from many years of exposure to loud music.
Halle Maria Berry is an American actress born on August 14, Berry lost eighty percent of her hearing ability in her left ear after suffering a blow to the head during a domestic violence incident with her boyfriend.
This happened in while she was filming the movie The Last Boy Scout. The beating punctured her eardrum and she now has reduced hearing in her left ear. Although Berry refused to name her abuser, she has stated that he is a well-known person in Hollywood. Aside from being an award-winning actress, Berry is one of the biggest advocates for domestic violence awareness in Hollywood.
Liza May Minnelli is an American actress, singer, and dancer born on March 12, She is the daughter of director Vincente Minnelli and actress Judy Garland. Minnelli is known for her award-winning performance in Cabaret in However, unfortunately, her performance in Cabaret is also responsible for her tinnitus.
She developed tinnitus during the Academy Awards in Minelli was seated next to her father when she was announced as the Best Actress award winner for her role in Cabaret. Her father was so excited that he screamed. Since her father turned towards her out of excitement and yelled directly into her right ear.
The scream damaged her hearing. She has lived with tinnitus ever since. He is popularly known as Benjen Stark in Game of Thrones. Mawle developed tinnitus when he was sixteen years old after he developed labyrinthitis.
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