<p>Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is going completely deaf, she said on her blog Team Ayu on Saturday (May 20).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXSsI0hmIa-90nHVlEVfX1itUAGQXoLz17tbnuVUIQ-bqOrVGswe6hekyD6287O3qApeJes7bv3PzpmX48bXbyDKbKYtFYifiW9Q4l_83YNSa9pAF7HkqDVuZp1npYOb3HNfSqkYzA0aj9RfS01zmCVaIoqIkLKSE8NULmLZ_nQVBQYTQ2b9LEe0_uDw/s894/94f9152b8ef23bfa3ef0f9bddc84b87b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXSsI0hmIa-90nHVlEVfX1itUAGQXoLz17tbnuVUIQ-bqOrVGswe6hekyD6287O3qApeJes7bv3PzpmX48bXbyDKbKYtFYifiW9Q4l_83YNSa9pAF7HkqDVuZp1npYOb3HNfSqkYzA0aj9RfS01zmCVaIoqIkLKSE8NULmLZ_nQVBQYTQ2b9LEe0_uDw/s320/94f9152b8ef23bfa3ef0f9bddc84b87b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Hamasaki, who is the best-selling Japanese solo artist of all time, has been deaf in her left ear since 2008.</p><p>But her right ear has now begun to weaken, the 38-year-old said. She was nauseous and had vertigo just before this year's concert tour.</p><p>"I was told after various hearing tests that my right ear (which has been working overtime to compensate for the deafness of my left ear) is quickly weakening," she wrote.</p><p>"I was experiencing crippling dizziness. I was unable to walk in a straight line, and was often vomiting in the restroom while at the rehearsal studio."</p><p>The prolific singer and performer said she felt lost after the revelation.&nbsp;</p><p>"I remember wondering how would I as a singer be able to cope with two useless ears. I was in the dark," she said.&nbsp;</p><p>Hamasaki's ear condition stemmed from a cold that she caught during her 2000 Act I concert tour.</p><p>She caught a cold and a ear infection, but continued touring after a few days in hospital.</p><p>Doctors told her to ease her exposure to loud noises, but she did not cancel or postpone any tour dates until much later. She also continued to work at a frenetic pace in the years after.</p><p>By 2008, she was deaf in her left ear. The queen of J-pop was thought to have tinnitus, a ringing in the ear that can be caused by constant exposure to sound.</p><p>Even now, she vows to continue performing. "The stage is where I belong. It's the only place I really, truly exist. 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