Vic Reeves has revealed that he has a benign brain tumour and is now "100% deaf" in one ear.
The 62-year-old comedian, real name Jim Moir, was talking to Adam Buxton on Buxton's podcast and explained that it has dramatically affected his ability to listen to musiic.
The tumour is benign and inoperable and is known as a vestibular schwannoma.
"I've gone 100% deaf in the left ear, and it will never come back," he explained. "It's like the size of a grape so they just have to keep an eye on it. They can't remove it. They can shrink it or they can just leave it and keep an eye on it, and that's what they're doing."
Reeves had now become accustomed to the problem and the change in his hearing: "I've got used to it, I like going out bird watching and I never know where the birds are. I can hear them but I don't know what direction they are in."
It has also changed his relationship with music: "I had to throw away all my stereo LPs."
"I'm living with deafness. Can you imagine a life without stereo records? All I've got left is Frank Ifield on mono."
Listen to the full interview here.
