Rush Limbaugh.

To those who know me well, it is no secret that I'd like to meet Rush Limbaugh someday. And not because of his show or political beliefs, but because of his openness with his hearing loss and implantation. I'll never forget sitting in the car and hearing him announce he had a hearing loss and was going deaf. I believe that was October 8th, 2001, and Matt's surgery was the next day. If I remember correctly, Rush was implanted 19th, and then it was announced late the following January that he had received an Advanced Bionics implant. That made it personally special for us, as that meant he had the same implant that Matt had in his head. I'm guessing Rush had the CII, not the 90K implant put in, anyway, not sure.
Here are some internet readings I've gathered about Rush and his hearing loss/implantation:

Transcript from show when he announced he was going deaf:
http://www.audiologyonline.com/news/displaynews.asp?news_id=330

Excerpts from his show:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/folder/jan_21_rush_talking_about_his_hearing.guest.html

Story as followed by New York Post:
http://www.radiotalk.org/news/limbaughdeaf.html

Commentary:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/fund101101.asp


I really would like to meet Rush someday, shake his hand and thank him for continuing his work through his hearing loss and CI recovery. :)