Unlikely that the 20-year-old singer will be left deaf in permanently. Bieber’s eardrum may be saved through surgery.

Justin Bieber lost his hearing when he perforated his eardrum while cliff diving earlier this week. Hollywood Life reports that it was possibly the force of the water that has caused a small tear in his eardrum, but this can be fixed with surgery. However, for some celebrities, the one-ear deafness is a permanent problem and for others it is something that they have come to live with and may have even grown up with.

On the list of partially deaf celebrities is Gerard Butler. The 300 actor was born with a right ear that was partially deformed. He needed surgery to fix that, but now has hearing loss and tinnitus (ringing in the ear). He claims that because of his hearing issue he has a crooked smile in photos.

80’s pop star Huey Lewis is another musician suffering from hearing problems. He has hearing aids in both of his hears, and regularly campaigns so that he raises the awareness of the things that contribute to hearing loss.

While it is not quite hearing loss, William Shatner has to deal with a hearing issue. The Star Trek actor has severe tinnitus on a regular basis. This happened after a prop exploded on set of the futuristic TV show, and makes it difficult to hear through the ringing.

While Justin Bieber may suffer from tinnitus after his surgery, but for now he temporarily joins the list of celebrities with deafness in one ear. Pete Townshend is one of the celebrities on the list. He suffered partial deafness when Keith Moon’s drum was blown up in a 1960s concert. He now has partial deafness in the other ear due to blasting playbacks while recording.

Jennifer Lawrence went deaf in one ear temporarily while on the set of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The problem came under similar circumstances as Bieber’s, due to water. She spent a lot of time in water during the filming, and it lead to constant ear infections and problems. She also suffered a punctured eardrum due to the jets within the water. The hearing loss lasted for about two weeks.

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