That's awesome. I know my father-in-law spent over $1500 on his. My dad needs hearing aids, but my parents barely make ends meet as it is. Not that it matters that much with him, anyway. I think he is undiagnosed Apsergers. He's always been loud and talked loudly my whole life and all of his according to his sister (my aunt). However, because of how he is, he tends to just talk at people, ignoring 99% of what they say (this back when his hearing was good). Besides his loud voice, he has his own business repairing electric & mechanical objects. When I was young, it was things like cars & TVs, but now he does work at places that are noisy, like cotton gins, rice dryers, cabinet factories, recycling places. He's not really bothered by it, I don't think. It's more my mother who gets irritated with it.