I am on week three of wearing hearing aids for the first time. Everything was so loud for the first couple of weeks. Paper, walking, closing doors, other people’s cell phone alerts. It is getting better, it just takes a while for the ears to get used to hearing again. It will get better, it just takes some time.
In your signature please post your speech recognition test scores (SRT) for left and right ears. The other piece of information that is helpful to know is the WRS (word recognition scores) expressed as a % of words correct at a given level.
Hang in there. The journey is difficult and emotional. Being able to hear is really important and worth the struggle in the beginning.