Medicine offered no risk-free remedy for his middle-ear hearing loss

Evidence

Three doctor visits and a CAT scan later, I learned that my hearing loss was due to a problem in my middle ear. But nothing could be done, at least, the doctors said, without the risk of making matters worse. Worse? The best thing to do, I was told, was to be fitted for a hearing aid and hope that the matter cleared up on its own. — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 45

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 45