'It broke my heart': Real Housewives of Melbourne's Gamble Breaux reveals how a devastating hearing loss condition ended her singing career

By Jessica Arrowsmith For Daily Mail Australia

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Real Housewives of Melbourne star Gamble Breaux has revealed how a hearing loss condition cut short her promising singing career.

Taking to her personal blog, the reality star wrote about how she once suffered from Otosclerosis, a disorder that causes hearing loss due to the ear's inability to amplify sound.

After undergoing two operations, the rising country music star lost all self-confidence, developed severe stage fright and ultimately made the difficult decision to part ways with her future as a musician.

'It broke my heart': Real Housewives of Melbourne's Gamble Breaux reveals a devastating hearing loss condition ended her singing career 

'It broke my heart': Real Housewives of Melbourne's Gamble Breaux reveals a devastating hearing loss condition ended her singing career 

'When I was a young woman, my life’s direction took a massive detour,' she wrote on her blog. 

'My singing career was going well. I was a signed singer-songwriter with Warner Chapel Music. I had plenty of studio time under my belt and I wasn’t even twenty yet. It came as quite a shock when I started losing my hearing. It was due to otosclerosis.'

Speaking to Mamamia, the now 46-year-old also shared: ‘To tell you the truth, I haven’t been able to talk about it for 20 years. If I tried to talk about it, it would be like being kicked in the guts and I start to well up.’

Devastating: Taking to her personal blog, the reality star wrote about how she once suffered from Otosclerosis, a disorder that causes hearing loss due to the ear's inability to amplify sound 

Devastating: Taking to her personal blog, the reality star wrote about how she once suffered from Otosclerosis, a disorder that causes hearing loss due to the ear's inability to amplify sound 

Last year Gamble decided to face her fear and return to her musical roots.

‘Although I had surgery to fix the condition, I never trusted my hearing until now. If you can’t hear, you can’t pitch. It broke my heart,' she explained.

With the assistance of Taxiride singer Jason Singh and a series of singing lessons, Gamble hoped to surprise her husband Dr Rick Wolfe with a single release.

At the time Gamble once again took to her personal blog to share the release news of her new single: ‘It’s Time’.

She said she dedicated the single to her husband on their anniversary, explaining that he was the inspiration behind her return to music.

I'm back, baby! Last year Gamble decided to face her fear and return to her musical roots.With the assistance of Taxiride singer Jason Singh and a series of singing lessons, Gamble hoped to surprise her husband Dr Rick Wolfe with a single release

I'm back, baby! Last year Gamble decided to face her fear and return to her musical roots.With the assistance of Taxiride singer Jason Singh and a series of singing lessons, Gamble hoped to surprise her husband Dr Rick Wolfe with a single release

 


 

Melbourne

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