Love Island star Tasha Ghouri's dad Tarek has revealed that she breaks down into tears a lot because of an "extra tiring" element to her disability.
The blonde beauty, 23, who recently vowed to move in with Andrew Le Page after their time in the Majorcan villa, is the first deaf contestant to ever take part in the hit ITV dating programme. She wears a cochlear, which helps with sound perception.
Since making her debut, Tasha has had her fair share of ups and downs on the show and has been left crying on more than one occasion.
Most recently, she was left in tears after the Snog Marry Pie episode as she struggled to come to terms with Dami Hope, 26, and 23 year old Luca Bish's reasons for shoving pies in her face.
"I could give you a list as long as Adam but we let it go for today and it is just a game," Luca had told the dancer, while Dami said: "The reason I pied you, I feel like you usually get away with a lot of stuff but this pie, you weren't going to get away with…"
Now, Tasha's dad Tarek, 55, has shed some light on why his daughter might be crying more than usual.
He explained that the cochlear implant "isn't perfect" and "doesn't allow us to hear like we hear each other".
Tarek said that his daughter constantly hears "a little buzz" in one ear, while the other can't hear anything. Because the microphone is at the front, his daughter can only hear distorted sounds when someone is talking behind her.
"She has to try and use all her senses and be alert all the time, which is really grating," he shared.
Tarek went on to explain that Tasha would usually take it off at home to rest her brain. Not doing this is "extra tiring" for her in the villa.
"And generally when people are talking, she relies on lipreading more than people realise," he added.
Tarek also shared that when people are drinking, it's even more difficult for Tasha to read what they're saying as the shape of their mouth can change.
He added: "So mentally she's trying to do all this at the same time. She's got this added extra pressure that the other Islanders don't have. And that spills over into emotional tiredness and tears."
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