Been wearing hearing aids 10 years now. I’m on the second pair. My hearing loss comes from shooting guns since I was 9, many years without hearing protection, and having both eardrums burst on military flights in the 1970s. (My hearing and that of a couple friends took a sudden dip a couple years ago after Covid Vaxx, but that may be a coincidence.)
My advice is go to an ENT specialist to be sure you don’t have any organic or medical problem that needs correction. Some ear problems, if ignored, can result in serious damage. I think that happened to Rush Limbaugh.
Meanwhile, if you just want to hear your wife better:
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1018342050
I’m out in the woods a lot and don’t want to lose a $5000 hearing aid on a vine somewhere. I keep several sets of these on hand, and they work fine for hearing my wife around the house, too. I get them when they have a sale, of course.
Thanks. I have several sets of electronic muffs as well as Walker over the head electronic plugs. My go-to field protection is behind the head Sordin electronic.