Hi Steve

I too wear two hearing aids and like you suffer from losing high frequencies. It came very gradually to me but like you and others here I now have great difficulties with them. I have especially difficulty in joining in with other musicians.

I used to sing but although I got over throat cancer which left me with some pitching difficulties , I did manage to get round it. But the hearing aids make it extremely difficult to play and sing, especially with others.

I did try some VERY expensive hearing aids on trial and I found them no better that my National Health ones. Maybe cosmetically better in that they were more invisible but for music purposes they were not an improvement for me.

I have no problem with people seeing that I wear aids, indeed in some ways it helps. People who notice tend to speak more clearly when they see them.

I wouldn't recommend buying expensive replacements, certainly not without having an extensive trial - and not just the demonstration provided by most of the Hearing Aid Companies.

Regards

Mike