10 More Celebrities Who You Might Not Know Have Single-Sided Hearing

Scottish actor Gerard Butler first burst onto our movie screens in 1997, with a small role in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. He's since appeared in over 300 movies and television shows.

He's went deaf in his right ear, when he was ten years old, following an apparently botched operation to resolve a bout of tinnitus.

The cause of the ringing was Mastoiditis - an infection of the inner ear's mastoid bone.

The surgeon not only managed to damage nerves, thus destroying Gerard's hearing on that side, but also mangled the outer part of the actor's ear.

It had noticeably stuck out before. The medic obviously thought a helpful tuck might be in order. Unfortunately it left the ear looking rather out of shape and caused the actor's trademark crooked smile.

Oh! And the surgery didn't do a thing to help the tinnitus, which Gerard Butler suffers to this day.

I'm willing to bet that half of the people reading this only know of Johnnie Ray through the Dexys Midnight Runners' lyric, 'Poor old Johnnie Ray...'

This US singer was called the 'true father of rock'n'roll by fellow crooner Tony Bennett. Look him up, you'll be amazed how many of his songs you actually do know.

The story of how Johnnie Ray went deaf in his left ear will make you cringe.

When he was thirteen years old, Johnnie attended a Boy Scout Jamboree in Dallas, Oregon. Hundreds of scout troops attended from across the Pacific Northwest, and Johnnie was picked to entertain them with his musical skills.

This didn't go down too well with one element of the crowd. Perhaps jealous of his talent, or targeting him merely because he'd stood out, the bullies soon began picking on him.

During the camp, Johnnie was surrounded by a group of boys, who bundled him into a blanket. As he struggled to get free, the gang each grabbed a section of the hem and pulled it taut.

A concerted flick sent the young teenager flying 'ten or twelve feet' into the air. But the bullies weren't prepared for the weight of his landing, and let go.

Johnnie Ray hit the ground so hard, that a straw-like blade of grass was forced deep into his left ear. The 'prank' caused permanent one-sided hearing loss.

Lady Lucinda Lambton, aka Lady Worsthorne, is an author, photographer, British television and radio personality, and member of the English aristocracy.

Her father Antony, Lord Lambton, was briefly the 6th Earl of Durham, before he disclaimed the title in order to enter politics as a Conservative MP. He was once Britain's Defense Minister.

Lucinda gained her second title by marrying former Telegraph editor, Sir Peregrine Worsthorne.

However, she's better known to the British public for her well-researched histories on quirky subjects - like toilets, dolls' houses and architecture for animals. The results of these turn up as television documentaries, radio shows, books or newspaper columns.

Lucinda Lambton is completely deaf in one ear, but I've been unable to determine what caused it!

When you know that Kiss are one of the loudest bands in the world (hitting 136 dB at a 2009 concert in Ottawa, Canada), it's a fair assumption that's what caused hearing loss in its lead singer.

But Kiss's Paul Stanley never lost his hearing. He never had it to start with.

The 'Starchild' was born with Grade 3 Microtia. This congenital condition - affecting 1 in 8,000 people - renders the ear unable to properly form.

Outwardly, there's a small bobble of skin above a malformed earlobe, which constitutes all that could have become an ear. Inside, there is no auditory canal at all.

Paul Stanley said, 'People often ask if my hearing problem has had any impact on my career. It's sometimes hard for people to understand that you don't miss what you've never had.'

Amidst a range of other health issues, one-sided hearing loss forced Phil Collins to retire from the music industry.

The erstwhile drummer, then lead singer of Genesis, Phil Collins also enjoyed a wildly successful solo career.

In 2001, he was in the middle of an LA business meeting, when his left ear suddenly lost the ability to hear. It was highly disorientating, affecting his balance, and causing him to 'stagger from the room terrified'.

Various doctors diagnosed a stress related infarction of the inner ear, viral infection, mini-stroke, or Sudden Hearing Loss.

After decades of being exposed to loud music, Phil Collins already lived with tinnitus. His SSD caused the singer to cancel his immediate tour, and eventually contributed to him quitting music completely.

My Bloody Valentine are loud. Very loud. A good measure of that comes in the fact that singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher blew her own ear-drum at a live show.

During their 2008 comeback tour, the British rockers ended each gig with You Made Me Realise. Their 1998 Loveless album hit lasted for between 15-20 minutes. At their London Roundhouse show, the tune registered 120dB.

Bilinda left the stage deaf in one ear. The sheer onslaught of sound had punctured her ear-drum. Over the course of a week, the damage gradually healed returning her hearing too.

My Bloody Valentine now distribute free ear-plugs to fans before each concert.

British glamor model and television personality Jessica Jane Clement became suddenly deaf in one ear.

The Real Hustle presenter was merely sitting on her sofa, relaxing after a summer's walk, when her right-sided hearing loss occurred.

Labyrinthitis was the culprit. It's a viral condition which inflames the inner ear, damaging both the cochlea and the vestibular system. Though the infection was treated, Jessica Jane remained deaf in her right ear.

However, this is one of the few forms of single-sided deafness which can actually be helped by a hearing aid.

The model was fitted with a Phonak Lyric hearing device in 2012. She now raises awareness of hearing loss on behalf of the company which made it.

It was a case of reality mirroring art, when Jennifer Lawrence temporarily became deaf in her left ear.

Hunger Games protagonist Katniss Everdeen is probably the most famous fictional person with single-sided deafness. The actress who plays her became deaf in the same ear, in a very similar way!

Katniss is deafened when an explosion occurs close by.

Jennifer suffered several ear infections, while shooting the water scenes from Catching Fire. However, her left ear didn't become fully deaf, until the actress stood too close to a jet featured in the cornucopia arena.

A perforated ear-drum caused complete hearing loss for the next six days.