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Originally Posted by rockfan4
I'm wondering if working from home the last 3 years has made this worse for me. My brain forgot how to tune out noise and concentrate on what I need to hear. I went in to the office a while ago and had a heck of a time trying to concentrate with people near me either talking to each other or on the phone.
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This doesn’t sound like hearing loss to me. Also, it seems to me, that one would have to have been in total isolation for years for one’s brain to ‘forget’ how to isolate and perceive speech. You could just be out of practice so even if your brain forgot it wouldn’t take long to relearn.
There may be some other neurological cause though, such an acoustic neuroma, mini-stroke, age-related cognitive decline, etc. Doubtful, though. Social anxiety can do strange things, too.