That's the real problem with hearing loss: if you compensate by raising volume across the entire spectrum of sound to compensate for a few frequencies, you slow

That's the real problem with hearing loss: if you compensate by raising volume across the entire spectrum of sound to compensate for a few frequencies, you slowly make yourself more and more deaf. And I suffer from a notch in my hearing where speech is generally found, so I hear clinking glasses and shuffling chairs far easier than people. It's aggravating for everyone involved. If you're lucky enough to afford hearing aids, you'll soon discover hearing aid companies know the best fidelity comes from high discretion and narrow band amplification. And they're pricing hearing aids accordingly: the more and narrower the bands, the higher the price. Also aggravating.