THAT PRETTY WELL ANSWERS MY QUESTION ABOUT SIZES. BUT YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT PUTTING A HEARING AID IN BOTH EARS – WOULDNT USING JUST ONE EAR BE SUFFICIENT?
A. Possibly, again depending on the degree of your hearing loss and what your particular listening needs are. Assuming that you have a mild-to-moderate degree of hearing loss in both ears, and that your main need is to hear better in the quiet of your own home (watching television with your spouse, having a conversation with a visitor, using the telephone, etc.), then yes, you may find that using a hearing aid in just one ear is of adequate benefit. However, by using a hearing aid in only one ear, you will be addressing only half of your problem. The auditory system is designed to work with a balanced input from both ears, and you will likely find that whenever your listening environment gets a little more difficult than those mentioned above, your ability to follow a conversation will deteriorate quickly. For example, if someone isn’t facing you directly, or speaks to you from a distance (a stage, a pulpit, another room), or there are other conversations going on around you, you will
