Pretty much this. Modern hearing aids have settings for different environments. But none of them are perfect, and nobody likes to be constantly switching progra

Pretty much this. Modern hearing aids have settings for different environments. But none of them are perfect, and nobody likes to be constantly switching programs. Speech in Noise is the setting that probably fits for the most part. But it isn't pleasant in other environments, and horrendous around road noise. Mine really glom onto the sound of tires on the road if I forget to change the settings on the way out the door. It is funny sometimes that you'll catch snippets of female voices across the road or in passing cars so clearly they might as well be right behind you. The settings for music are the best when it comes to full frequency representation, at the expense of everything else in the environment sounding too extreme. It does sound amazing when on a nature walk, except things like rippling water take on a movie audio quality where it sounds like it was overdubbed. All shrill and hissy sounds (babies crying, sirens, etc) are overwhelming at any configuration. Although I shut mine off in transit if a baby is crying and sometimes joke "Baby, what baby?" (even though I can actually still hear it without my hearing aids) Also, environments with heavy echo/reverb are seriously annoying. There are settings to cancel that out, too, but again, it's a setting you never want on all the time, because it affects far too many other sounds, too.