I am 10 days or so into a trial of Phonak Lyric aids for binaural moderate high frequency hearing loss.
The microphone on one of the hearing aids stopped working for some reason and my schedule does not allow me to go back to my audiologist to replace it for a few days. So for now I removed that hearing aid.
Interestingly I am wondering if one hearing aid works better than two. Some of the unusual sounds (such as exaggerated road noise, unnatural sound of toilets/sinks running, difficulty in rooms with multiple speakers simultaneously) are notably improved with only one hearing aid, while it does clearly help with the sounds I was previously unable to hear.
I am pondering if my brain is adjusting to the one Lyric that remains functioning - and will do even better when I replace the malfunctioning one. Or are there people who do better long-term with only one hearing aid even with a binaural hearing deficit?