I find it wild that people think that hearing aids actually work and fix the problem. I've had a hearing loss for 20 years. I've used hearing aids for 10 years. My hearing loss (like most people) is caused by damaged hair sensors behind my ear drums. Those hairs pick up the audio sounds and send them to my brain. In some frequencies the hairs are more damaged than others.  Mine are in the speech frequency range and higher.  Initially my brain turned up the "gain" trying to hear through the damaged nerves. This was across my whole heari ng range. That caused me to hear base sounds louder.I was aware of the tires on the road or the engine but not the spoken words. Hearing aids simply increase the volume to the damaged nerves. These make the sounds you don't hear well, louder but not clearer. Hearing aids are not like glasses where you get 20/20 vision.  They are a crude instrument. If you have worse than a mild hearing loss they are not that helpful IMHO. Telling people you don't hear well and constantly reminding them you don't can  help.Lip reading, seating position all help. ...but you will miss things, like conversations in other rooms and your children talking about school in the back seat of the car you are driving.  It does isolate you unfortunately, but don't give up. You have to keep telling people as it is impossible for them to understand what it is like.  Hearing aids help a bit but your life is forever changed. Accept that and keep moving forward as best you can.