• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Jeremy Clarkson reveals he’s at risk of getting dementia after recent diagnosis

Home> Entertainment> Celebrity> Celebrity News

Published 21:17 28 Nov 2023 GMT

Jeremy Clarkson reveals he’s at risk of getting dementia after recent diagnosis

The Clarkson's Farm star has had to start using listening devices as his hearing deteriorates

Jess Battison

Jess Battison

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he’s at an increased risk of developing dementia.

The former Top Gear presenter explained how recent hearing loss will ‘double the chance’ of him getting the neurological diagnosis.

Clarkson explained that his ‘body doesn’t really work anymore', with things from his eyesight to balance not quite being what they once were.

And now the 63-year-old’s been told he needs hearing aids.

Advert

While The Clarkson's Farm star says some people might think he just has ‘selective hearing’, it’s actually much more serious as he gets ‘unkind’ comments for asking for things to be repeated.

Clarkson wrote in his column for The Sunday Times: “My brain is having to use a huge amount of computing power trying to fill in the bits of speech it hasn’t been able to hear.

"This has been going on for 12 years, and, being a tolerant sort of guy, I’ve coped.

Clarkson says his risk of developing dementia has doubled.
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

"But I was told after my most recent medical that hearing loss will double the chance of me catching dementia.”

Advert

He added: “Maybe it’s already happening. That would explain why I can never find my spectacles.”

The NHS say that research into the links between hearing loss and dementia finds that the risk of getting dementia almost doubles if you have an untreated mild hearing loss.

And then, with moderate hearing loss, the risk triples – with severe untreated hearing loss, you’re five times more likely to develop dementia.

And while it’s not fully yet known just why this link exists (or what else may influence it), it’s thought that wearing hearing aids sooner and more regularly could help reduce the risk.

Clarkson has been advised to use listening devices.
Kym Illman/Getty Images

Advert

After this appointment for his hearing loss, Clarkson went for further tests and is now using ‘very snazzy and extremely clever’ listening devices.

The Grand Tour star explained: “At drinks parties they will automatically dial down the background twaddle. I can also Bluetooth them to my phone, and while I haven’t read the instruction book yet (and never will), I bet you any money I will be able to program them to mute certain sounds.”

Clarkson previously wrote in his column that his health had been worrying him when it comes to his beloved farming.

Clarkson wrote: “Like almost every other farmer in Britain these days, I’m in my early sixties, and so are my knees. Which means that while I can get on top of things, I can’t jump off them any more for fear that my legs will bend the wrong way and that’ll be that for six months.”

Featured Image Credit: Ricky Vigil M/GC Images/Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

Topics: Celebrity, Health, Jeremy Clarkson

Jess Battison
Jess Battison

Jess is a Senior Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include asking everyone in the office what they're having for tea, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021.

X

@jessbattison_

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

5 hours ago
6 hours ago
7 hours ago
  • 5 hours ago

    Reading Festivalgoers shocked as Hollywood celeb joins band to sing rap song in 'what the f***' moment

    That's a combination I never expected to see

    Entertainment
  • 5 hours ago

    Child star reveals surprising reason why 'renting is better than owning a house'

    Apparently, the luxury of having a landlord at your beck and call is well worth the money

    Entertainment
  • 6 hours ago

    Ozzy Osbourne 'knew he was dying' during final Black Sabbath concert

    He performed in his hometown less than two weeks before his death

    Entertainment
  • 7 hours ago

    Jamie Lee Curtis speaks out after revealing outfit 'distracted' her fans

    The Tess Coleman of 2025 seems to be a bit much for some

    Entertainment
  • Jeremy Clarkson has classic response after his drone got caught up in JD Vance's no-fly zone
  • Jeremy Clarkson spoke out about major up-side to getting older after being concerned about sex life
  • Jeremy Clarkson shared the major difference changing from Ozempic to Mounjaro made in his life
  • Kaleb Cooper spoke about plans to leave UK as Jeremy Clarkson reveals co-star 'stormed off farm'