{"id":132608,"date":"2023-10-24T09:44:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132608"},"modified":"2023-10-24T09:44:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:44:33","slug":"rick-astley-i-dont-want-to-miss-out-on-life-because-of-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/rick-astley-i-dont-want-to-miss-out-on-life-because-of-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Astley – I dont want to miss out on life because of hearing loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC Breakfast star reunited with Rick Astley<\/h3>\n

Rick Astley<\/strong><\/em> is one of Britain’s finest musical artists of all time, with multiple platinum singles and albums spanning his 40-year career.<\/p>\n

But life in the music industry has taken its toll on the star’s hearing.<\/p>\n

The 57-year-old musician has just teamed up with Specsavers<\/strong><\/em> to raise awareness for hearing loss, as the company’s research shows that more than half (57 percent) of adults have taken no action to address changes in their hearing.<\/p>\n

He even rerecorded a version of his biggest and best-known song, Never Gonna Give You Up<\/em>, with a new batch of bizarre lyrics to highlight how hearing loss can leave you mishearing lyrics. Watch how it was made here<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Rick himself has noticed a loss of frequency “over the last few years”, he exclusively told Express.co.uk<\/strong><\/em>. And, as a result, has begun wearing hearing aids to help out his day-to-day life.<\/p>\n

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“It’s very new,” Rick said of his hearing aids. “My hearing is more… I find I’m struggling when there’s other noise going on. So I’m hearing everything you’re saying, and when I’m on phone calls – everything is fine. I probably have the TV on a little louder than most people, the radio on in the car a little bit louder than most people.”<\/p>\n

Rick admitted that he was more concerned about the social side of life than his rock star persona.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I was in a bar,” he recalled. “And we were having a chat, and I could hear everything. And every now and then somebody says something and I’m like… either they talk really quiet or I’ve lost [hearing]. And that’s something that’s been happening over the last few years.”<\/p>\n

As he eases into his hearing aid journey, Rick said he’s working hard to acclimatise to them. “I haven’t gotten used to saying: ‘I’ll take them [out with me] and if I’m struggling, I’ll pop ’em in.'”<\/p>\n

Surely, for an artist of Rick’s calibre, who has travelled the planet playing music to countless people, the degradation of his hearing must be a scary reality. “Yeah, but it’s not really in my musical life,” he confessed. “It’s missing out on things.”<\/p>\n

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