Yesterday, Shep Smith on Fox reported that long term OxyContin use can lead to hearing loss. I have done a Google search to find if this is true. Is there a doctor in the house??
If you search on "vicodin hearing loss" you will come up with one "study" by the
House Ear Institute, which doesn't seem to be backed up by any other research.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that the LA Slimes ran this story on their findings at the same time Rush went to the HEI for his cochlear implant, which, also coincidentally, was at the same time the maid went to the Inquirer with the drug use story.
Read this post and this post and the associated links.