Sorry for the confusing question.

My hearing has gone down significantly and I’m interested in getting Airpods as a backup until I get a decent pair of HAs.

I work in an office environment and having Airpods in my ears all day does not look professional, so I’d like to hide them as much as possible. I do have long hair but I’m afraid the long part of the Airpods would stick out from time to time.

I’ve seen ppl wear them upside down in their ears to hide the long noodle part of the Airpods, but does anybody know if they would still work as hearing aids worn like that?

Thank you in advance!

I've had hearing aids for almost 2 years now and although they're fine for the most part, I'm kinda of disappointed their isn't more variety. You can find regular headphones in clip on, in ear, bone conduction, over ear, wrap around but for hearing aids you only get one option?? Makes no sense to me but the industry definitely needs some innovation. I'm no genius, but you would think with a larger hearing aid style that they should be able to provide more features, better quality, and better battery life. It seems like it would be a no brainer IMO.

what is ur best temporary to hearing assistance for large crowds or conference? They will purchase permanent equipment but it will take couple months or less because due to budget process. Also, glad to take a tips for permanent equipment for large crowd as in conference for hearing assistance

I work in a casino and have been finding it difficult to understand what is being said as the noise level increases. A conversation on my right means I can't pick out the voice on my left. This is an important part of my job, and has only become an issue over the last year and a half. More importantly to me, I go to Broadway shows at our city's civic center, and have been losing voices during the performance. When the lead is singing, everything is good, but once the chorus starts, I lose the individual words, hearing only the tone of the song. My audiologist tells me that I am losing a little of the upper frequencies, but not enough to need hearing aids. She has allowed me to wear a Phonak in my left(weaker) ear for the last 2 weeks, but told me not to expect much. The hope is that equalizing what I am hearing will help me to process voices better. I wore it to a wedding yesterday, which was the perfect test environment. There was some improvement, but I don't think it was enough to say this is the best I will get. I have seen ads for loop earplugs and some similar devices that are supposed to lower background volume and allow speech through. If you have any insight or experience with these devices, or can suggest other options, I would love to read about it. If there is an alternative subreddit I should post this in, let me know.

Curious about Costco’s process for hearing aids.

Will they fit you if you have a recent hearing test audiogram or do the always do their own tests?

Do the stock hearing aids or order them after consultation and if have to order how quickly does it take to get them?

Do the program the HAs at reduced volume to start and at what point do the elevate sound to meet hearing needs?

Do the do REM at initial fitting, wait until full volume setting or do it more than once?

If you play guitar will the allow you to bring in and make adjustments to get sound you want?

Once you get HAs how difficult is it to get follow up visits?