Rose Ayling-Ellis couldn’t take part in Strictly without her hearing aid – HELLO!
December 04, 2021 – 18:57 GMT
Bridie Wilkins
Strictly’s Rose Ayling-Ellis hearing aid: how it works, why Rose couldn’t take part in Strictly without it and more.
Strictly Come Dancing’s first ever deaf contestant Rose Ayling-Ellis has reportedly turned down “vast money” to promote hearing aids by Specsavers, in order to stay loyal to the NHS.
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December 04, 2021 – 18:57 GMT
Bridie Wilkins
Strictly’s Rose Ayling-Ellis hearing aid: how it works, why Rose couldn’t take part in Strictly without it and more.
Strictly Come Dancing‘s first ever deaf contestant Rose Ayling-Ellis has reportedly turned down “vast money” to promote hearing aids by Specsavers, in order to stay loyal to the NHS.
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The 27-year-old, who is partnered with Giovanni Pernice, has been praised for representing the deaf community and is refusing to promote any devices not supplied by the NHS, where she gets her hearing aids from. It’s believed that she wants to “champion” the health service and doesn’t want to “mislead her fans”.
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It’s thanks to said hearing aids that she has been able to take part in the show. In fact, she was recently unable to rehearse after they ran out of battery, so how exactly do they work, and what happens if she goes without?
Rose Ayling-Ellis’ hearing aid
Speaking to BBC News, Rose explained: “It’s a common misconception that deaf people can’t enjoy music. I have a hearing aid, so I pick up some of the music and I can hear the beat. I can hear someone singing, but I can’t identify exact words. I also feel the vibrations.”
Rose is Strictly’s first ever deaf contestant
Rose added that she also reads Giovanni’s “body language” and counts in her head to “help with timing”. “For me it’s a combination of everything,” she added.
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Rose is partnered with Strictly pro Giovanni Pernice
When it comes to hearing the judges’ comments and scores, Sarah James, Strictly’s executive producer, shared that Rose has an “interpreter at all times” who helps during training, with the judges’ comments and during her chat with host Claudia Winkleman.
A deaf blogger with the nickname Deafie Blogger, meanwhile, explained in an article for British Deaf News last year that most deaf people can feel vibrations of music through their body, but that …….
