I remember a friend commenting a few years back that it was so ironic that one that loved their own voice so would go deaf.
For more on that and how it could be tied to the allegations on Rush's prescription pill addiction:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-091001vicodin.story
"I am -- you would not believe the medication that is flowing through me in an attempt to reverse this. There is a theory as to what's happening, but I'm -- I'm going to keep that to myself. It is not genetic." 10/8/2001
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/8/231739.shtml
