Strictly Come Dancing star Kaye Adams has opened up about wearing hearing aids ahead of this year’s series. The Loose Women presenter, 59 year-old revealed she was one in 15 celebrities to take part and visiting an audiologist for a test after being contacted by producers who wanted them all tested before getting started on camera!

Kaye recently opened up about her diagnosis on Loose Women. She told her co-stars: “You don’t go for a test without having your suspicions, so it didn’t come completely out of the blue. But I suppose what did come as a surprise was the advice to have two (hearing aids). In my head I was reconciled to needing one, not two.”

She revealed that, upon seeing an audiologist, the reason she requires two hearing aids is because of balance. 

EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis – who won Strictly in 2021 – and Love Island star Tasha Ghouri as making a “positive impact”. She said: “Rose was on a different level. Not only was she a phenomenal dancer but she’s a really inspirational young woman. While I’m not comparing Tasha with Rose, because Strictly was a very particular experience, Tasha was so relaxed about her cochlear implant, she was wonderful. I think she handled it in a fabulous way. It’s that sort of visibility that makes such a difference.”