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A Hearing Limbaugh Returns to the Airwaves
NewsMax.com ^ | 1/03/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

Posted on 01/03/2002 10:11:59 AM PST by kattracks

Talk radio megastar Rush Limbaugh returned to his regular three-hour daily broadast on Thursday for the first time since undergoing cochlear implant brain surgery on Dec. 19 to restore his hearing.

"The surgery went well," the upbeat-sounding Limbaugh told his audience. "In fact, the doctor said that it went spectacularly well."

Still, the legendary talker cautioned that the ultimate success of the operation - whether or not it restores his hearing - won't be known for some time.

"No two implant patients are the same," he explained. "So there's no way of predicting." Limbaugh noted that half of all implant recipients are still unable to use the phone - a crucial part of his job as a talk host.

Limbaugh said he asked his doctor, "Can I read anything into to future performance of the implant in hearing you say the surgery went spectacularly well?"

"No, not really," came the response. "It just means that there were no boney protrusions. All 16 electrodes were seated firmly, very well, and tested flawlessly."

The talk host added jovially, "He did say that my skull was the hardest he ever tried to saw through in his entire career."

But despite his words of caution, the famed talker indicated that some of his hearing had already returned.

"You turn this (implant) on and you hear every little thing.... Then you've got to learn to distinguish those sounds from voices your hearing. And then you've got to try and figure out the words."

He described his first week after the surgery as "a big challenge."

"It was a pretty quick recovery. I guess maybe five or six days to get over the major aspects of the dizziness and the discomfort associated with an incision. Bandages were removed after about ten days or so."

Coming out of one commercial break during his first hour back on the air, Limbaugh joked, "On the cutting edge of societal evolution, Rush Limbaugh - still with half my brain tied behind my back just to make it fair. And that's, by the way, after brain surgery."


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To: Hildy
Happy New Year. (-:

I like Roger Hedgecock too, BTW. Of course Rush is DA' MAN. Nobody even comes close.

61 posted on 01/04/2002 11:22:58 AM PST by veronica
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To: Hildy
I'd like to see Rush give Howie Carr a chance at sitting in. Howie's a conservative/populist/demagogue but he can be very funny.

If he ever fills in for Rush he should interview Marty Meehan.

62 posted on 01/04/2002 11:30:06 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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To: The Drowning Witch
Personally, I like Roger Hedgecock. I think he would be the perfect replacement for Rush. Roger rules.
63 posted on 01/04/2002 11:32:22 AM PST by Claybird
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To: kattracks
I used to like 'NewsMax' OK, but it has since come to my attention that it is complete and utter crap. Bad writing usually, and now reporting outright falsehoods as fact. Good grief. They're as bad as the lefty mainstream press.
64 posted on 01/04/2002 11:36:45 AM PST by Sloth
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To: shadez
I heard that show...Roger Hedgecock (sp?) handled the issue of giving the WTC victims government money poorly.

I heard Hedgecock a couple of times -- apparently his idea of reasoned debate is to shout down and insult anybody who disagrees with him.

He's got a long history: while mayor of San Diego, he was convicted of conspiracy and perjury in a campaign finance scandal, and resigned on 12/3/85, just before being sentenced.

65 posted on 01/04/2002 11:44:45 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Roger was acquitted because of a small thing called JURY TAMPERING. "THEY" were out to get Roger from the get go. He was a very popular Mayor. But he got the last laugh, because he has more power now than he ever had as an elected official.
66 posted on 01/05/2002 6:10:57 PM PST by Hildy
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To: PatrioticAmerican
"Yeah, but for liberals, brain surgery would be an improvement"

Yeah and they would have the surgery done at their Proctologists.

67 posted on 01/05/2002 6:46:47 PM PST by fish hawk
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