Jack P Shepherd: Coronation Street's David Platt taken to doctor over deafness fears

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Coronation Street's David Platt star has now recalled how she was "so upset" on hearing that his hearing was fine.The 32-year-old recounted what happened in view of his 361,000 Instagram followers this morning.The soap star candidly shared how he got into acting, saying his mum had been "tearing her hair out".Jack joined Corrie back in April 2000, after previous roles in the likes of Clocking Off and television movie Put Out More Fags.But it was Where the Heart Is that was his first ever part, and he landed it after what his mum thought was a disastrous audition admission.Taking fans back to the summer of 1999, Jack said he was "struggling" and had constant "bad reports".He said: "Mum was tearing her hair out.