When Edison was 14, he contracted scarlet fever. The effect of the fever, as well as a blow to the head by an angry train conductor, caused Edison to become completely deaf in his left ear, and 80 percent deaf in the other.
Around the age of twelve, Edison lost almost all his hearing.
Thomas Edison lost his hearing because at the age 12 he had scarlet fever and recurring a untreated middle ear infection.
Thomas Edison got Scarlet Fever at the age of twelve and almost lost all of his hearing.
At the age of 12 he nearly lost his hearing and still was disabled
Thomas Edison ones told a reporter that his hearing problem help him at his job because he was peaceful when he worked
Edison and the pirates of lost bay
were did thomas Edison live
he started to wipe his hole
He became hearing impaired at an early age
yes, he had hearing problems
Yes. He couldn't hear very well. Many think that it was from scarlet fever he had as a child that blocked out his hearing. That might have also been the reason for his poor grades in school.
Helen Keller lost her hearing when she was really little maybe 19 months old. Helen Keller lost her hearing when she was really little maybe 19 months old.