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Love Island's First Deaf Contestant!

Love Island is back on our screens with a new group of singletons heading to the villa in search of love.

Now on it's eighth series, in a bid to be more inclusive, Love Island has announced it's first deaf contestant.

Tasha Ghouri, at 23 years old is a model and dancer from North Yorkshire. Tasha, born completely deaf now wears a cochlear implant, which she says was fitted when she was 5 and has had years of speech therapy.

We chat to Louise, from Woodbridge, she is a deaf person.

We did this interview via zoom, with communication support from Kirsty.

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13 minutes