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Is lack of concentration or hearing disability or depression which is leading to social isolation?
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Hi , I was diagnosed hearing impaired when I was years old but i have threw away my hearing aid since I was 10 years since it wasn t compatible with my hearing loss also i hear too loud voices and annoying noise i was unable to detect the words or make out of what people say . Until my university stage when I faced failure for the first time in my life i suffered of depression after failing first year . nevertheless I kept failing successively for 4 years till i recovered from depression last year after strenuous efforts to get out of it meanwhile I bought new hearing aids Now i am feeling really better and i don t suffer of amnesia or emotional unstability and fatigue But i find some difficulties in studying . I find it hard to assimilate the information or think critically about an issue unless i should do extreme efforts to make out of it also that takes long time ( days , months) to get the puzzle pieces recollected together my question is : is that the problem of concentration and ability to assimilate and think critically linked to my social isolation due to my hearing disability or it is lingering effects of depression ? Now im in last year and i am longing for graduate this year .. thank you for the effort you make to help people to overcome the depression :)
gpt
Hello...... Thanks for your query. I can understand your predicament. Sensory deprivation like hearing loss predispose to depressive illness. However, it is encouraging that with hearing aids your hearing has significantly improved. Hence, i accept your depressive symptoms to resolve early without any intervention. You can seek psychological counselling and supportive psychotherapy in the interim. Hope you found the information usefu. Regards Dr Sundar Gnanavel Psychiatrist