{"id":26610,"date":"2014-03-06T17:40:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=26610"},"modified":"2014-03-06T17:46:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T23:46:38","slug":"witness-super-bowl-worker-hit-by-ice-falling-from-stadium-suffered-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/witness-super-bowl-worker-hit-by-ice-falling-from-stadium-suffered-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl worker hit by ice falling from stadium suffered hearing loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Witness: Super Bowl worker hit by ice falling from stadium suffered hearing loss<\/strong><\/p>\n

By JEFF MOSIER – Staff Writer<\/p>\n

jmosier@dallasnews.com<\/p>\n

February 26, 2014<\/p>\n

A Super Bowl XLV worker struck by falling ice and snow three years ago suffered severe hearing loss and has an \u201calmost violent\u201d ringing in his ear, the man\u2019s audiologist testified in a Dallas County court Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t get away from it,\u201d Robin Carson said about her patient\u2019s tinnitus. \u201cYou can\u2019t have peace.\u201d
\nShe said Severin Sampson, who is suing over his injuries, once called her in a panic when his hearing aid stopped working. The ringing was described as ranging from 75 to 100 decibels and with a sound like that of a leaf blower.<\/p>\n

Sampson wears a special hearing aid that compensates for the hearing loss and produces tones that distract his brain from the severe ringing.<\/p>\n

The former sound engineer is asking for a multimillion-dollar settlement from the National Football League, two Super Bowl contractors and the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Carson said the inoperable nerve damage prevents Sampson from hearing high frequencies in his right ear without a hearing aid. But she said the loud ringing was the greater problem.<\/p>\n

Brian Butcher, Sampson\u2019s attorney<\/span>, said the accident two days before the 2011 Super Bowl ended his client\u2019s career as a sound engineer. Sampson\u2019s skull was fractured just as he exited the Cowboys\u2019 stadium in Arlington.<\/p>\n

Defense attorneys have said security workers warned Butcher away from the location where he was struck.<\/p>\n

Questioning from defense attorneys Wednesday sought to play down Sampson\u2019s limitations.<\/p>\n

Those lawyers said that Sampson mostly worked as a carpenter, electrician, stagehand and in other related jobs before the accident. They said only about a quarter of his work involved sound engineering and that his hearing problems wouldn\u2019t limit him from most jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the real world, he hears just fine,\u201d Carson said in a deposition that was read to the jury.<\/p>\n

Andrew Houtz, a neuropsychologist<\/span> hired by the plaintiff\u2019s attorneys, said he tested Sampson and concluded that he suffered from personality changes, including greater religiosity<\/span>, less self-control and greater irritability. He also said Sampson\u2019s behavior drove away many of his friends following the accident.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe it\u2019s a direct result of a brain injury,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Paul Grinke, a lawyer representing the Cowboys and NFL, pointed out that Houtz did not meet with Sampson\u2019s family or friends. And the attorney also singled out other factors that could have affected Sampson\u2019s temperament, including his three heart attacks and marijuana use.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/metro\/20140226-witness-injured-super-bowl-worker-suffered-hearing-problems.ece<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Witness: Super Bowl worker hit by ice falling from stadium suffered hearing loss By JEFF MOSIER – Staff Writer jmosier@dallasnews.com February 26, 2014 A Super Bowl XLV worker struck by falling ice and snow three years ago suffered severe hearing…<\/p>\n

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