synthetic heroine (oxycotin) causes hearing loss.
Just ask Rush.
Heroin
I never heard Simon was on junk. Is that true?
If this is true, hearing loss should be skyrocketing, because fentanyl is much stronger than oxycodone, or heroin for that matter.
Simon started playing over 60 years ago. The damage is cumulative and you don’t have to be playing metal or hard rock. Just standing in front of a drummer for a few thousand shows can do it.