Poor Ayu ; ;

I wonder what caused the deafness...only casual reason I can think of is acoustic trauma. I wonder why she has never used any cochlear implants btw...

do that happened often to other performers?

so far i only know ayumi being the one who have this deafen problem..i haven't seen any jpop artist with this problem...

namie never used any earplugs in her concert at all... but she's ok?

well, if its beyond repair, then why keep pushing performance that are below average? she could still remain as the legend making lyrics for other artist ..

still there are blind people who played the piano, or deft people who made music.



but i dunnot.. people are VERY sensitive about ayu ( always )

She had only problems with the left ear and that ear is the one she can't hear from anymore...
She hears monophonically now... that's so sad... so sorry for her.

GUILTY is an awesome album. I'm happy she wants to keep singing and not giving up, and her lives are still enjoyable.

So. Now I am crying about this. D:

Reading that message and listening to RAINBOW... D:

Poor ayu :(

this is a VERY subjective topic, lets not go there

Yeah, but there are people that like this album, so she does it for us (and it sold itself a good amount of copies already so...[and it doesn't have to sell millions to be a good album]).

I don't think this is the time to be sarcastic..

I just hope she doesn't suffer from tinnitus. I think one of the scariest things of going deaf is pereceiving tinittus the whole time. It could have serious effects on her singing.

Wasn't that what she had during 2001, and still performed even though she had it?

like i said before...she should from now on be more low profile...

less tv live, less concerts...recording songs for albums will not worsen her condition...

be more like hikki, she attend tv lives once in a blue moon, she held concerts less then the fingers of one of my hands...but she's still selling like hotcake and famous?

Yeah, but I'm not sure if she still suffers from it. It can be disbling, I truly wish she doesn't suffer from it :no

I agree with you. :cry
This is making me want to cry. ='[

I'm pretty sure Ayu's hearing would be about 97% completely gone by now if she had to listen to all of this in every thread.;)

Geez guys, take it easy. Leave the bashing for some other thread please.

I'm shocked by the news, but I somewhat knew it was coming. ayu had had ear problems years ago, and later they resurfaced worse. It was most likely something progressive/chronic. I had a feeling it would come a day in which she would announce her going deaf. Unfortutanate, but I guess I was sort of prepared for these horrid news.

Ayu doesn't want to stop because she's doing this for her fans, she loves them, and didn't she say that if she wasn't able to make music she would be nothing?

As much as I admire her perseverance and very brave attitude, personally as a fan I can’t support her mutilating herself for the sake of continuing. Even if her stage show is integral to maintaining a strong connection with her fans, ultimately I don’t think it’s a particularly wise or thoughtful decision. I commend her persistence, but at the same time I do not think it is in her best interest, or her fans. It’s still possible to communicate with your fans as simply a studio artist, and I’d rather have her release albums but sacrifice her live performances than prematurely end her career altogether if she were to become fully deaf.