If someone needs a hearing aid to improve his quality of life why would he be defensive about it?
I would think he would welcome being able to hear better.
Hopefully hearing aids continue to get better and someday they can find a way to actually regrow hair cells in our ears. Until then thank goodness for hearing aids.
They are just like glasses for people born with poor vision.
Just my opinion. Hearing loss can run in families and if you inherit that gene be happy hearing aids continue to get better.