Thank you, Neville. This is very interesting and helpful information.
Fortunately I have follow up appointments with both my ENT and my HAS in the next couple of weeks. I will raise these issues with each of them respectively.
I guess one thing going for me is I’m happily retired and live a fairly quiet life (in every sense of the word). It’s not often I’m in a crowded, noisy environment. I’m so glad this didn’t happen while I was still working.
I also need to remind myself I didn’t go looking for hearing aids so I could answer the phone remotely, or stream music straight into my ears. I needed help hearing better, and these gadgets certainly help with that.