BBCNEWS Sportsday November 23, 2021 18:52:00
Old had an implant fitted which allows me to hear some sounds, but obviously still deaf and i very much struggle every day for speak to people, i am lip reading, just scanning the body language, that's how i get on with life day to day. communication on the pitch, because in a team sport, like rugby, it is vital. so when you're in that situation, you're not hearing your team—mates, you're not hearing any of the noise around you, it's really isolating. you are having to rely on your eyesight to do all the work and that's what i do most of the time. when first started when i was around 15, i d...