Matildas star Mackenzie Arnold has opened up on her serious hearing issues - with the gun goalkeeper revealing it was the Covid pandemic that forced her to confront them as her health continued to deteriorate.
As the 29-year-old shot-stopper prepares to defend between the sticks at the upcoming Women's World Cup for Australia, she has divulged just how serious her health issues had become.
Arnold, who plies her trade in England for West Ham when she isn't in the green and gold, had become used to a life of not hearing properly.
Teammates would have to yell at her in conversations, she couldn't hear her phone's message tone and meeting friends out in loud coffee shops and bars had become nigh on impossible.