1.Whoopi Goldberg
This Academy Award-winning actor wears two hearing aids. Goldberg blames it on years of listening to loud music. She has trouble making out low-pitch sounds, which is less common than hearing loss in high frequencies. Many people who can’t hear low-frequency sounds, such as deep male voices and vowels like “a” and “e,” may feel as though they’re underwater. Still, most can follow normal conversations without much trouble.
2.Rob Lowe
This star of TV’s The West Wing and Parks and Recreation has been deaf in one ear since he was an infant. Lowe says the most likely cause was undiagnosed mumps, a viral infection that in rare cases can lead to hearing problems. Lowe says he rarely thinks about the loss. His one regret is that he can’t hear in stereo, which sounds richer and fuller and which helps locate the sound direction.