Loose Women's Kaye Adams told she's nearly deaf in one ear weeks before Strictly Come Dancing
28.08.2022 - 21:21
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Kaye Adams has revealed she is almost deaf in one ear just weeks before making her Strictly Come Dancing debut.
The Loose Women panellist has gone through a series of tests ahead of her stint on the BBC ballroom dancing show, and has been recommended hearing aids. The 59-year-old broadcaster said the checks found one of her ears has a poor level of hearing, while the other is trying to compensate.
"My hearing is an issue, to the extent that I’ve had full consultations and examinations on my ears. It’s probably getting to the stage where it’s getting problematic in certain situations," she told The Sun.
She added: "I have been recommended to get hearing aids. One ear in particular has a very poor level of hearing and the other one is trying it’s best to compensate."
Kaye has said she has been "struggling" with her hearing for around five years as she opened up about the "scary" times during an episode of Loose Women last month. Speaking on the ITV show, she said: "For around five-ish years, maybe more, I have been aware that I've been struggling but you just make excuses."
Kaye said she had joked about her hearing lost in the past, but eventually realised it was starting to become more serious. She said: "Although you laugh that off, it is now beginning to get to me because, I think, I'm really missing things and I don't want to be a standing joke."
The show featured a segment which showed Kaye visiting a doctor to have her ears tested before being told she is losing her hearing in both ears. The doctor advised her to wear a hearing aid in each moving forward.
Kaye then opened up about the experience on her Instagram Stories. She wrote: "Never thought I'd say I enjoyed an ear test but @ferazashraf made it easy and painless.