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Robert Valderzak lost his hearing after a fall three months prior to the earthquake<\/h2>\n

We often associate earthquakes with negatives outcomes – whether that be the tragic loss of life or communities being destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, it’s not all bad as one deaf man miraculously found he could hear again after being shaken by a massive earthquake.<\/p>\n

In August 2011, a 5.8 magnitude shook the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0East Coast, and most notably cracked the Washington Monument.<\/p>\n

Robert Valderzak, a 75-year-old\u00a0cancer<\/a> patient at the time became deaf after suffering a fall that June.<\/p>\n

Somehow, Robert claimed that the earthquake miraculously restored his hearing.<\/p>\n

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Robert Valderzak could hear again after the earthquake. (Fox 5)<\/cite><\/div>\n

While many on the East Coast were evacuating high-rise buildings as a result of the quake, Robert was left in utter joy after releasing his hearing had come back.<\/p>\n

Speaking to FOX, he said: “I said, ‘You know, my hearing is back. I can hear everything, people in the hallway’. Couldn\u2019t ask for a better day.<\/p>\n

“Why did it happen at that time, with my whole family there? There was God’s touch in there.”<\/p>\n

Robert was in hospital being visited by his daughter and three sons when the quake hit.<\/p>\n

“It was God’s blessing,” Robert told ABC News. “It was a miracle for me.”<\/p>\n

He added: “It shook me terrible – right out of the bed. But after that it stopped. And my son talked to me, and I could hear his voice.”<\/p>\n

While it’s a pretty incredible story, I know what you’re all thinking: How on earth is this possible?<\/p>\n

Tests confirmed Robert’s hearing had significantly improved, with doctors figuring out the reasoning for the medical ‘miracle’.<\/p>\n

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The man went deaf two months prior to the earthquake. (Getty Stock Photo)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Dr. Ross Fletcher, chief of staff at the VA Hospital, said at the time: “He had conductive hearing loss, caused by fluid in his middle ear, as well as loss due to nerve damage.<\/p>\n

“A combination of a drug he was taking and the earthquake event itself likely led to him losing the fluid and gaining back his hearing.”<\/p>\n

Dr. Jennifer Smullen also weighed into the discussion, suggesting the shaking itself might not have been enough to clear the fluid from Robert’s inner ear.<\/p>\n

“But if somebody was startled, and yawned or yelled, sometimes that’s enough to clear some fluid out from the ear drum,” she said.<\/p>\n

While getting his hearing back was great news, Robert had adjusted to his hearing loss with the help of a special microphone and a lesson in lip reading.<\/p>\n

“The devices helped, but by the time I got them all hooked up, everyone had left and I was talking to myself,” he added to ABC News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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