Footy legend Peter Schmeichel tries to punch stigma away...but are other celebs hiding their hearing aids?

In research, 43% admit they put off booking a hearing test because they were ‘living in denial’

Peter WIX, Published on 29 July 2024

Footy legend Peter Schmeichel tries to punch stigma away…but are other celebs hiding their hearing aids?
There has been some irresistible early summer exposure to the heat of hearing instrument stigma. A Love Island star and a deaf actress confidently aired their deafness on breakfast TV, while one of the most famous goalkeepers of top flight football, the Dane Peter Schmeichel, has been making a big noise in UK media about his hearing aid use. [caption id="attachment_138275" align="alignright" width="259"] CC By 2.0 Stephen McCarthy / Web Summit[/caption] Across diverse channels, the former Manchester United superstar revealed the age it took him to recognise his hearing loss and need for treatment, telling The Independent newspaper “like everybody else, I’ve been connecting hearing aids with ageing, and maybe a handicap as well and stuff like that. But that’s really, really stupid – it’s...

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