Louis Walsh: 'Finding out I had hearing loss made me feel so much better'

While judging The X Factor, Louis Walsh secretly wrestled with the fear he was going deaf. He reveals how he felt discovering his hearing loss, and that being asked back on X Factor would be music to his ears. 


Louis Walsh brims with his trademark joie de vivre and irrepressible humour, all delivered in his lisping Irish lilt, and it's pretty remarkable, considering he was recently told he's going deaf.
You'd think the diagnosis would be a crushing blow for the music mogul - the former X Factor judge (rumoured to be returning to the show) and mastermind behind multi-million selling Irish boybands, Westlife and Boyzone.
Instead, the 63-year-old describes it as "a relief in a way" to finally find out what he'd long suspected.


 According to him "I first noticed I was having trouble a couple of years ago during the live X Factor auditions in the arenas. If there was somebody singing and four panellists talking, as well as a big crowd of around 2,000 screaming and shouting behind me, I'd sometimes struggle to hear the acts or chat between the panellists," he admits.

Its good to know that even with his hearing impairement Louis is still enjoying what he does and living out his dream. 
No form of impairement should limit anyone from reaching their goals in life...
Reach out for your dreams no matter the obstacle...
 

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