Dwayne Bateman, an Amtrak food service employee who testified at the hearing, called the analysis misleading.
Federal regulators at the hearing called Parnell's actions "unconscionable"; several lawmakers called them criminal.
The week of the special committee hearing called to address those allegations, the subject spiked again.
Until that is resolved, Judge Stephen Braslow, who is presiding over the hearing, called a recess.
Cochlear devices are surgically implanted in the spiral-shaped seat of hearing called the cochlea.
With the hearing called off, there was no legal business to transact, no prosecutors or defense lawyers present.
Mr. Awad said Thursday's hearing, called by Mr. King, was "political theater" intended to score points, not to elucidate facts.
Ms. Pasher and other residents plan to protest next Wednesday at a public hearing called by the state.
Mandela, who appeared at the initial hearing, called Luyt "a pitiless dictator", a view shared by many of those who crossed his path.
Senator Lauch Faircloth, the North Carolina Republican who chaired the hearing, called the testimony "frightening," a sentiment echoed by his witnesses.
On Wednesday, during a break in Ford's testimony, women watching the hearing called C-SPAN to share stories live on the air.
