Paul Simon gives hopeful update after near-total hearing loss in one year

nme.com:

Paul Simon has shared some positive news about his hearing loss in a new documentary.Last year, the veteran singer-songwriter suffered a near-total loss of hearing in his left ear which has left him struggling to perform live.

In September, he admitted he hadn’t “accepted” his hearing loss but was in the process of finding a new solution which will help him return to the stage.He previously explained that his previous attempts to rehearse with his touring band didn’t go quite to plan.“I haven’t figured out how to perform with the hearing loss,” he said to the outlet back in July. “I’ve tried to rehearse with the guys in my touring band, to see if I could manage it.

I can’t so far.”During the premiere for a new two-part documentary, In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, Simon said that his hearing has now come back to “enough of a degree that I’m comfortably singing and playing guitar and playing a few other instruments”.“I can hear my voice the way I want it in the context of the music.

If there’s a drum or an electric guitar, it’s too loud and I can’t hear my voice. But when I first lost the hearing, I couldn’t get, it threw me off.