NY Times: Fetterman Struggling to Adjust to Senate Life, Hears Voices Like the Teachers in “Peanuts”

Newly elected Sen. John Fetterman His severe hearing loss has caused him to be unable to hear the teacher speaking from his ears. “Peanuts” The New York Times reported that cartoons are created by listening to people talk.

Fetterman A stroke occurred While campaigning for Pennsylvania’s open Senate Seat, in May 2022, he developed cognitive problems, including an auditory processing problem.

After Wednesday’s lightheadedness, the senator is currently in hospital. He has struggled to adapt to his new life in the Senate due to the difficulties of recovering from the stroke and the need to use technology to facilitate conversations with colleagues and staff.

Fetterman needs to have a closed captioning device to help him understand what is being spoken to him.

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Wednesday night, Sen. John Fetterman was admitted at the hospital. (Alex Wong)

Fetterman’s Washington, D.C. office was outfitted with these items before he moved there. Tablets with closed captioning. The Senate chamber now has wired screens where professional broadcast captioners type closed-captions for him.

Democratic colleagues Fetterman described the closed captioning system working to facilitate seamless conversations.

“It’s just a slight delay,” said Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez, D-Wash, the Times reported. “I didn’t notice he was using it at first. Then I was like, ‘Why are they holding it?’ It took me a minute to figure out what was going on.”

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According to Adam Jentleson his chief of staff, Fetterman has refused to speak with reporters as he is unable to respond to their questions in echoing Senate hallways. 

“Before the stroke, he was the kind of person who loved the give-and-take with reporters,” Jentleson shared his thoughts with the Times. “The challenge is to be able to get back to that place, given the current limitations.” 

Despite auditory processing issues, and refusing to release any more of his medical records during his campaign for the 2020 midterm elections, the Democrat beat Dr. Mehmet Oz, his GOP opponent. 

John Fetterman, Sen., suffered a stroke May 20, 2022. (Angela Weiss)

“We’re going to have to learn our own styles with it,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, a Democratic Senator, spoke to the New York Times about Fetterman’s condition after he used the tablet for communication. “What I was saying was accurate even when I talked fast. I wanted to make sure it was accurate. It was kind of to imagine what it would be like to be him.”

“He answers like you would answer anyone,” Klobuchar said. “It’s us that have to get used to it; he’s used to it.”

Sen. Bob Casey of D-Penn. who serves as Pennsylvania’s second senator Fetterman agreed with Fetterman. People are more important than his condition. “understand disability.”

“There are a lot of people out there who understand disability, and understand struggle, and he won big,” He spoke to the outlet.

The 2022 midterm elections saw Sen. John Fettrman win the Pennsylvania Senate race with a narrow margin. (Ryan Collerd)

Fetterman was admitted to hospital Wednesday night and was still there Friday morning. He had felt lightheaded after a Democratic retreat. Fetterman is being monitored and his team stated that he is doing well. “in good spirits and talking with his staff and family,” After several tests, it was determined that there had been no stroke or seizure.

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This report was contributed by Patrick Hauf, Fox News.

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