COUNTRYFILE'S John Craven, 81, has admitted 'health issues have crept up on him' in a rare personal update. The presenter has been a staple on our TV screens for 50 years, having started off on Newsround in 1972 before popping up on children's shows including Saturday Superstore and Multi-coloured Swap Shop.
John has hosted Countryfile since 1989 and while he is still very active and enjoys visiting different parts of the UK for the show, he's opened up about some of the health issues that have crept in as he's grown older.
John found his eyesight was becoming blurred in his 40s, so he had to start wearing glasses. He told the Daily Mail: "At first, I worried what people would say about my wearing spectacles on TV but there wasn’t a single comment. "Then, in my 60s, my hearing began to fail.
I couldn’t make out conversations in crowded places, the sounds of nature became muffled and ‘say it again’ started to become a common response." He added: "When I had a routine check, I was told my levels had dropped by around 20 per cent since my first test in 2008. "There seems to be something of a stigma about hearing aids and yet, these days, many of them are almost invisible.
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