What does William Shatner suffer from?

William Shatner, a Canadian actor, has been suffering from tinnitus, a hearing disorder, since the early 1990s.

Researchers think that tinnitus can be triggered by exposure to very loud noise, and Shatner believes that his falling prey to it might be the result of a pyrotechnical accident that happened during the shooting of the 1967 Star Trek episode “Arena”.

His condition has been ameliorated by habituation therapy that involved his wearing an earpiece delivering low-level white noise which “helped his brain put the tinnitus in the background”. He donates to the American Tinnitus Association, a tinnitus charity.

In a recent interview with Variety, William Shatner spoke out about his mortality, as he prepares to release his documentary “You Can Call Me Bill.”

“I’ve turned down a lot of offers to do documentaries before. But I don’t have long to live,” Shatner revealed during an interview with Variety.

“Whether I keel over as I’m speaking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so that’s very much a factor. I’ve got grandchildren. This documentary is a way of reaching out after I die.”