Sounding off: Veterans say their standard-issue earplugs caused hearing loss
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Sounding Off By Jackson Hicks and Sandra Jones | March 16, 2021 at 7:50 AM HST - Updated March 23 at 8:42 AM
(InvestigateTV) - Hundreds of thousands of veterans across the country say they’ve suffered hearing loss and permanent ringing in their ears after their government-issued ear plugs failed to protect them.
“I had the hearing of like a 60-year-old man when I was 30,” said Brett James Bailey, an Army veteran. “I’ve come to terms with the fact that at some point I’m probably going to have to have a hearing aid.”