Hi, I have been meaning to join for a long time and finally am. I am 70, hoh, have been for many years, progressive loss. I have the most powerful hearing aids and have been struggling. It is so frustrating not to be able to keep up in conversations and not able to hear grandchildren well. One on one I can still get by but am missing so much, can't use phone, no plays, avoid noisy places. Even if the volume is ok my word discrimination is really bad. I have been debating checking into a cochlear implant, but am so afraid if it doesn't work I will be worse off.. any words of advise would be appreciated!!! Hard decision to make.