As I’m deaf in one ear, I have always had to watch people extra closely – the perfect preparation for character comedy
When I was little, my sister Kate used to play the recorder really loudly down my deaf ear as a party trick for her friends. I liked the attention and it was more fun than the hospital hearing tests I’d had to endure. My mum found out I was half deaf when I was two and she passed me the phone to speak to my nan. Apparently, I stood there blankly and handed the phone back. I hadn’t heard a thing.
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