Ive known I needed hearing aids since I was about 14-16 years old. I recieved my first pair when I was 18 thanks to a great agency here in the USA called Office for Vocational Rehabilitation.

I was actually glad I got my hearing aids they have helped me so much over the years. it still continues to amaze me at times when I have my hearing aids on and can hear a bird sing or the clock tick, my cat purring, and meowing the phone ringing, the doorbell, the tv, radios, my music albums, cassettes and cds, and being able to hear my friends talking to me, The first time I heard my son laugh was so wonderful. being able to sit in depression management group and any other groups and hear what is being said, and so on.

The bad side of having to wear two hearing aids - batteries are expensive and if I wear them for more than 2 hours without taking them out to let my ears dry and relax I end up with blisters inside my ears. The human body has automatic ways of dealing with what it deams foreign matter and producing extra ear wax / sweat is my ears way of dealing with hard plastic inside my ear canal.

Hang in there.