Two Days Later, Fetterman Still In Hospital For Lightheadedness, Hears Voices From Peanuts

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The senator, who is in the hospital after experiencing lightheadedness Wednesday, has also struggled to adjust to life in the Senate, given the challenges of recovering from his stroke and the need for technological tools to help him conduct conversations with staff and colleagues.

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Newly elected Sen. John Fetterman has described his severe hearing disability as causing him to hear the voice of the teacher from the "Peanuts" cartoon when listening to people speak, the New York Times reported.

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There are now wired screens in the Senate chamber where closed-captions are typed out for him by professional broadcast captioners.

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

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

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Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., who serves as Pennsylvania's second Senator alongside Fetterman, said that his condition is not a factor, because people "understand disability.” "There are a lot of people out there who understand disability, and understand struggle, and he won big," he told the outlet.

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Fetterman's office has not responded to Fox News request for comments on his hospitalization.

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