[Nov3]

The date of this study appears to be March, 2000. How does that fit with the timing of his hearing loss?

I believe he went deaf in 2001 post this study. It obviously is the place to go for him

[Pelham]

You're quite right, this study was done about a year earlier than when he went deaf. But the content of the study sure makes you wonder if he didn't suffer the same fate as the subjects. It surely would be a terrible thing to have inadvertantly destroyed your own hearing.