Actor Gary Busey puts his improved hearing to good use by helping others who may be suffering from a hearing loss.
The Lethal Weapon Star had no idea he was partially deaf until his appearance on the US version of Celebrity Apprentice, where fellow contestant Marlee Matlin recognised his tendancy to shout for no reason.  Matlin (who also suffers from a hearing loss) recommend Busey see a specialist and was subsequently fitted with a hearing aid.
Busey’s hearing is reported to now be crystal clear and he is convinced the problem stemmed from brain surgery he underwent in 1998.
Busey comments ‘Marlee Matlin said to me that it's not right to stop somebody from hearing so she sent me to Dr. Bill Austin, Starkey hearing aid in Minnesota and he outfitted me in one hour with this hearing aid.
"I had brain surgery after my motorcycle accident in '88 when I split my skull and it knocked a hole in my ear canal, making it smaller so Dr. Austin gave me these (hearing aids)... and now all five of my senses are working... Now I can help people with traumatic brain injury because I was the advocate voice that created the Traumatic Brain Injury Act that President Clinton signed in 1997. I'm very proud of that."

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