... him, yet he told few people of his disability. He conducted much of his business on the telephone because he could hear better using it. As a young man, Hughes evidently contracted syphilis, and in his later years he was plagued with neurosyphilis, which is marked by a degeneration of brain cells that can lead to paranoia and other symptoms. He surrounded himself with aides that ... he trusted, a group of seven Mormons which never left Hughes' side (Howard believed Mormons were more trustworthy) and insisted that nay item handed ... alcohol and tobacco, was forced to take medications to...

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