Not a good day. I probably should not reply because hearing aids do make a difference. However, my husband has ALZ and misplaces them in odd places so often that I often don't bother putting them in for him. Today is one of those days. He went to bed in a snit, refused to take his pills, change into pjs or remove the hearing aids. This morning they are nowhere to be found. My phone connects to them to adjust volume, so I know they are here in the house somewhere. I don't know whether I would have spent the $ given the circumstances, I find myself in now. For me hearing aids are just one more way to poke the bear. He doesn't really watch TV now, but in the past we had earphone amplifiers for him. He really doesn't comprehend much of what is going on, conversation, direction and hearing aids don't help that now. Last night our 5 year granddaughter came to me and said,"Could you help me. Boppa doesn't understand me, and I want him to come to have dinner." It broke my heart. I'm ambivalent on the subject. You need to weigh the pros and the cons. To me they are just one more hurdle to jump in the day.

Advice. He refused to acknowledge his hearing loss; wouldn't go to the audiologist. Nothing. He ran into some medical issues with falling, pacemaker, etc and had many doctor appointments. I just made one with the audiologist without telling him where we were going. Sneaky, I know.
He did roll with the program of getting the aids after the audiologist showed him his abysmal results, but that was 5 months ago. A lot can happen in that short time in the life of a ALZ patient. For me, it is more aggravation than it is worth, but at the beginning, it was very good. Speaking up and repeating over and over is exhausting.