Brian's deaf ear

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Another question I have is couldn't Brian get some sort of hearing aid or is he 100% deaf in his ear now.

Interesting question... I wish I knew the answer!

[Kurosawa]

AudreE may be wrong about the specifics, but she was there when Brian was young, and noticed his hearing problem very early on.

Supposedly she was there when he was born, but like so many other Beach Boy legends, we'll never know....

[Andrew G. Doe]

Wow...this thread is like, oldsies!

This is just one of many Beach Boys tidbits we'll never know the truth about.

When Brian was on 20/20 Downtown in 2000 (I think, might have been 2002), he was asked if a beating from his father caused his hearing loss. Brian said, "No, I was born that way."

A few years later when he was on Larry King Live, Brian said the hearing loss was caused by Murry hitting him with a 2 x 4.

He was lucky. Could have been a 4x4. Those mothers are lethal.

[Jay]

Must have been a hell of a hit to permanently deafen his ear.

[Andrew G. Doe]

Must have been a hell of a hit to permanently deafen his ear.

Had it ever happened. The overwhelming evidence is that he was born like it. Brian, for all his other undoubted talents, isn't the most reliable of witnesses.