Singing sensation Adele has shared that she’s “partially deaf” following a painful battle with a “ rare water bacteria ” infection. Speaking during her Las Vegas residency, the 36-year-old star described the pain as “worse than childbirth.” She explained: “I have an ear infection, which is pretty grim.

I’ve never had one before. It’s the most painful thing that’s ever, ever happened to me. It was worse than childbirth .

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“I was on the wrong antibiotics for a few days and they managed to give me one that started to work,” she said. Although the pain has subsided, she noted, “I wanted to chop my ear off a few times. "I’m no longer in pain, which is great but I’m a bit deaf in my left ear.

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