Category: Adolf Hitler’s Hearing Loss

Hitler’s Hearing Loss – Part I

Robert Traynor Adolf Hitler's Hearing Loss / Audiology / Audiometry / Deafness and Politics / Forensic Audiology / Hearing Impaired LEaders / Hearing impairment / Hearing loss / Hearing Loss - July 20th Attack / Hitler and hearing loss / noise exposure / Noise Induced Hearing Loss / Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss

This series of posts at looks at Hitler’s hearing impairment.  It is certainly not a tribute, but an interesting discussion of a hearing loss that was accumulated over a lifetime by an historical figure. This series is a re-visit of a topic that was first discussed at Hearing International August 27-September 10, 2013. While much…

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Hitler’s Hearing Loss – Part III

Robert Traynor Acoustic Trauma / Adolf Hitler's Hearing Loss / Audiology and War / Hearing loss / Middle Ear / Military Hearing Loss / Otolaryngology / World War II - Hearing Loss / WWII Audiology

Our discussion of the bombing last week brings Hearing International to the question of how Hitler could have survived a blast from a kilogram of plastic explosive when he was only 6-12 feet from the bomb?  This question has baffled those who have studied the July 20, 1944 plot for almost 70 years.  While there has been a great…

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