President Ronald Reagan was National Chairman of the Council for Better Hearing and Speech month in 1988 (shown here with poster child Jessica Riley) and also public spokesperson for BHI in the early 1990's. In 1983 President Reagan was fit with hearing aids according to Dr. John House, his ear physician. He had a right ear hearing loss for many years, the result of a gun fired near him during filming of a movie. His left ear was fit with a hearing aid in 1987 so that he could improve his... More