Neil Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil. Georgie And I'm Georgie. As we get older, many of us notice our sense of hearing getting worse. Maybe we need to concentrate harder or ask people to speak more loudly. Has that happened to you, Neil? Neil Not really. A while ago I thought maybe my ears were getting worse, but I had a check-up and everything was fine, thankfully. Georgie Oh, that's great! In the UK alone, hearing loss affects 18 million people and that number is increasing. In this programme, we'll discover why we lose hearing with age and, as usual, learn some useful new vocabulary.