This reminds me of my Dad, whose hearing was pretty bad before he passed. He got his “free” from the VA, and both had gone out. He had to mail them in to be repaired or replaced which took time.
Now he had sold his house in Florida for almost $300,000 and was living in an assisted living so he was good financially, but he refused to just go buy a new hearing aid and waited for the VA to fix them. His last two months before he passed were mostly having to yell and he could still barely understand. I really wished he would have just bought a hearing aid so his last months weren’t so bad.
Sorry for the downer story, but if any of you match this, maybe rethink your priorities...
I might need a hearing aid. Haven’t figured out yet whether I’m hard of hearing or just stopped listening to a lot of things.