Paul Simon hopes to perform

NEW YORK — Paul Simon is not giving up hope that the show will go on as he continues to learn how to deal with his recent hearing loss.

The Newark-born, Queens-raised singer, who last year revealed he suddenly lost most of the hearing in his left ear about two-and-a-half years earlier, has embraced a positive outlook about getting back onstage and performing live again.

In an interview published Friday, Simon told The Guardian that he’s “hoping to eventually be able to do a full-length concert.”

“I’m optimistic,” Simon, 82, said, adding: “Six months ago I was pessimistic.”

After rising to fame in the 1960s as half of the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, the singer-songwriter found solo success in the 1970s and ‘80s with the Grammy-winning albums “Still Crazy After All These Years” and “Graceland.”

Last year, he released his most recent studio opus, “Seven Psalms,” also disclosing that the hearing loss hinders his ability to perform.

“It’s upsetting,” he shared with “CBS Sunday Mornings” last year. “I can still hear well enough to play guitar and write. But I can’t hear well enough to play with five or six musicians. Maybe that’s fine. Maybe there’s something to be learned from that?”