If you have significant hearing loss I can’t help but believe you would be better off with hearing aids than without. Yes, there are a lot of different opinions here about what to do, what to buy, and how to buy. Yes, it is a big purchase and there are risks no matter which way you go, but the answer is not to do nothing. The answer is, there are several good choices and any of them could have some problems but, most likely, any of the top choices will work out fine.
I get up every morning, get a shower, brush off any dried ear wax from my receivers, and pop them in. The rest of the day I don’t say “huh”, “what was that”, etc. I don’t have to avoid situations with difficult hearing environments, I don’t avoid groups, and I miss very little. Now that’s simple. It is MUCH less stressful to wear hearing aids than to need them and not have them.