{"id":"HHS-OASH-2026-0397-4452","number":"4452","name":"Anthony Stroup","organization":"","posted":"2026-10-24T04:00Z","received":"2026-10-15T04:00Z","body":"Injured party: Anthony Stroup\nResponsible party: Widex – USA\nPoint of sale: Cory Workman / Community Hearing Center Estes Park, CO. 80517\nDate of seizure hospitalization’s: 1/26/2023, 9/9/2023, 12/20/2023 have led to permanent brain damage, with multiple injuries and new mental conditions.\n\nTo Whom it may concern,\n\nPRIOR TO BEING FITTED WITH BLUETOOTH HEARING AIDS, I WAS MENTALLY FIT, AND PHYSICALLY ABLE TO PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL OF ABILITIES, CAPABLE TO DOING A NUMBER OF TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT. \nTODAY IT IS A STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY OR ACHIEVE A TINY FRACTION OF DAILY TASK'S.\n \nAs a result of this Bluetooth Wireless product and manufacturer negligence, In 2023, my life was forever changed due to a brain injury causing massive damages. The physical and emotional toll has been devastating for myself and my wife. \nWhile wearing your product in 2023, I went to ER 4 times, 3 times by EMS, and 2 times in Intensive Care. I was fitted with a pair of Widex, Moment Sheer 220’s, and given no forewarning of the known risks of this product and not given any MSDS information.\n\nFollowing the use of these Widex ITC BT hearing aids I suddenly began to suffer silent seizures and Status Epilepticus grand mal seizures leading to brain damage.\n\nhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23676765/\n\nhttps://www.notebookcheck.net/250-scientists-sign-petition-warning-of-dangers-posed-by-AirPods-other-wireless-devices.413886.0.html\n\n|The failure to forewarn of these dangers has destroyed the lives and my wife and I, and causes unbearable misery since then and continues to do so, taking its toll on myself and my Wife as well.\n\nStudies on the effects of EMW’s on epileptic seizures have been done dating back to 2013 and beyond. The World Health Organization and scientists around the world have been sounding the alarm since 2009. It took my wife about 2 minutes to do an internet search and discover studies and information indicating that the BT Hearing Aids are the reason I’ve been having epileptic episodes and seizures.\n\nYet I was not forewarned in the least, nor was I given any MSDS information, Which Widex tells me doesn’t exist for this product.\n\nI am now EMF sensitive to Wi-Fi /5G/Bluetooth etc. I cannot sleep under these EMF’s without being deathly ill when I wake up. Wi-Fi is all around me and I cannot escape exposure. This now triggers silent seizures that make my life a living hell. Many days have been spent non-functional and in extreme misery. I end each day terrified of what I will have to endure the next morning/day, then the misery begins. I open my eyes and begin my medication needs, while the hypertension grows and that triggers epilepsy and silent seizures. Nausea from my gut to my throat, dizziness and so much more, destroying all quality of life and replaced with extreme misery.\n\nThe brain damage/Injury I have suffered from using Bluetooth hearing aids make living in today's world unbearable, and a constant attack on my well-being and quality of life.\n\nI lost my job when my boss learned these hearing aids had been causing me to have seizures. With that I lost a $500,000.00 life insurance policy. I have been evaluated by the Social Security Administration and found totally disabled and unfit to handle my own finances.\n\n\nBelow you will find a summary of the damages to date:\nAs a result of this using this product, I have incurred the following damages: \n\nHospital / Medical ~ $160,000.00\nFollow Up Care (Lifelong) \nBrain Injury/Damage \nElectromagnetic Sensitivity (ES) & Hypertension (EMH) – \nUncontrolled Epilepsy \nMemory Loss \nLoss of recall & focal abilities \nDepression \nLost Wages \nLost Life Insurance – $500,000.00\nLoss of hearing \nPain and Suffering \nLoss of quality of life                            \n\nThis wireless product has shown to cause harm. Manufacturer  negligence has forever changed my life, and their product is a direct cause of my injuries, pain and suffering not to mention two\nList of Documentation\n\n• Deposition letter from a specialist Doctor and world class research center. (Dr. Elizabeth Seymour at The Environmental Health Center of Dallas)\n\n• Brain Scans from Amen Clinics , The world's largest database of functional brain scans, specifically using SPECT imaging, and uses this data to understand how people think, feel, and behave.\n\n• Moment Sheer 220 product serial number\n\n• Research data from 2013 indicating the danger of your products, and related information.\n\n• Hospital/Medical Bills (UBO4’s)\n\n• Social Security Administration Proof of Disability/Benefits.\n\n• Employment Termination papers from MDC Holdings Inc. (Richmond American Homes)\n\nThis is a summary and not a comprehensive list of pain and suffering. 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Wi-Fi is all around me and I cannot escape exposure. 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