Musician Paul Simon coming to terms with 'frustrating' hearing loss

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Months after Paul Simon announced that he had lost hearing in his left ear, the singer-songwriter says he is still coming to terms with his new disability.

“I haven’t fully digested it,” Simon told an audience at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival , which took place from Sept 7 to 17 in Toronto, Canada.Simon & Garfunkel crafted a series of hit albums and singles. Photo: FilepicIn Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul SimonThe film follows the folk icon as he recorded his new album,Simon said the album’s concept and lyrics for his first full-length recording since 2018 came to him in a series of dreams.

During the panel discussion, Simon shared the difficulty of performing and singing along with other instruments, such as an electric guitar or drums, due to his deaf left ear.“I play the guitar every day,” Simon said, remaining hopeful that he could still find a way to perform live and tour. Simon decided not to watch the film, but took part in the discussion afterward alongside Gibney, whose documentaries have taken on Scientology, the CIA’s torture of prisoners in Afghanistan and former biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes’ fraud.performer jokingly mused whether he had missed “a standing ovation”, which drew the crowd to their feet in laughter and applause.

“You just see things with a different perspective, and you’re surprised by the change. I’m not sure, at this point, that I can say what it is I’ve learned, but I’m getting new information in a way that is new to me.”of London, sharing that his hearing went while he was writingHe said doctors have been unable to explain the reason for his hearing loss, which initially left him frustrated and annoyed, but not angry “because I thought it would pass, it would repair itself.

 

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