I've had heading aids for four years now. I happily leave them in without a thought from soup to nuts, except for making phone calls and using headphones or earphones (my hearing loss is in the high frequencies). In those situations I'm just better off without them. In fact, if I leave them in and use over-the-ear headphones, I get feedback, so I just don't do it. I've never thought to look into solutions. Whatever loss of sound quality there is when I'm listening with phones and no hearing aids, I haven't really noticed anything significant. I suppose a lot depends on how bad your hearing loss is. It's worth remembering that hearing aids can never give you back perfect analogue hearing. These days I try hard to dwell more on the quality of performance rather than sound quality. I think I'd drive myself potty if I did otherwise.