“A vacuum cleaner noise in the ear all the time”: what is this progressive illness that Frédéric Lopez reveals he suffers from ?

Frédéric Lopez, host of A Sunday in the Country, on France 2, confided that he suffered from a progressive illness. digiteka screen capture – France 2

Frédéric Lopez, the host of A Sunday in the Country, on France 2, also known for the show Rendez-vous en terre stranger, confided that he suffered from a progressive disease of the heart. rsquo;ear.

"I have a progressive illness. Otosclerosis", revealed Frédéric Lopez to our colleagues from Nice-matin in an article published Wednesday 27& nbsp;March 2024.

The presenter '"A Sunday in the Country", on France 2, had never announced it to the general public before.&nbsp ;Otosclerosis is a disease of the bone of the ear. "It is responsible for progressive deafness, progressively leading to social embarrassment of more and more disabling", details the Rothschild Foundation Hospital, specializing in "head and neck" pathologies.

Tinnitus, hearing loss…

The major symptoms of otosclerosis are tinnitus. Affected people may be subject to dizziness, in only 10 to 20% of cases, according to the Hearing Foundation. "The progressive loss of hearing ;hearing is generally bilateral" or "in both ears", details this same site. The disease can be treated with surgery.

"I had surgery on my right ear"

"I had surgery on my right ear, except that it didn’not work", he confided to our colleagues from Nice-matin, explaining that he no longer heard anything from that side. For the left ear, the presenter confides having "50 % of his faculties and tinnitus, comparable to the sound of a vacuum cleaner permanently".

"It’s complicated"

The figure of the show "Rendez-vous in Unknown Land" wants to play down the situation and accepts it even if he recognizes that "it’s complicated when his job is to listen’ quot;.