Perhaps losing your hearing - for a host of medical/environmental/other reasons, may be causing anxiety. Rule out medical before you label yourself or allow others to do so. Go for a credible hearing test, perhaps an allergy consult. There are many medical diagnoses where anxiety comes with, not the cause. I have fought these battles for so long on so many fronts - the only medical "thinking" I entertain is if it leads to knowing. Make a plan and follow it to your answers. Medical can prescribe psych drugs, but unless a "talk" psychiatrist, are NOT mental health qualified. Too easy to drug us in one 15 minute office visit, without knowing why or if needed, and what type, side effects, etc, Just went thru 8 weeks of tapering hell to get off a relatively benign drug because i was kept on it loooong past it's short-term need. Did a gene test, says I am incompatible with 90% of that class of drugs, Then more weeks for tapering effects to wear off, and still not done. The right answer for you is out there - persist until you find it.

I had some mild hearing loss due to an acoustical trauma. The bigger problem was that I developed hyperacusis, a condition in which moderately loud sounds are painful. It is a very difficult condition to live with, especially in a big city. But anxiety definitely made it worse and causes me to perceive that my hearing loss is worse than it is. Managing my anxiety both reduces my hyperacusis symptoms and my degree of perceived hearing loss. So, yes, anxiety can create or worsen symptoms of hearing loss, at least in my experience. I wish you the best in managing your own anxiety and hope that your hearing loss is more psychosomatic than real.

I’m agree entirely. The injury and its effects caused my anxiety which made it worse. But now that my anxiety is reduced, so are my symptoms.