I am a 15 year Tinnitus and hearing loss suffer and have high frequency hearing loss. So I cannot distinguish vowels and words properly. I have experience with audiologists and hearing aids. I wear Starkey and oticon aids. I would be honored as a 15 year volunteer for the American Tinnitus Association and now a new organization called Tinnitus Quest to review all the details of your history and do my best to help you. Please email me at tvtinnitus@gmail.com and I can communicate with you further. Hearing aids cannot define or correct clarity if the damage is in the ear if the audiologist programmed them correctly with a true Best Practices hearing test they only can make them louder if the clarity issue is in the brain. I wish you well. You

I've tried two audiologists. The first put an Oticon in my left ear only, which is the weaker of the two ears. Then I saw a second audiologist, who put a Signia in my good ear, and in my bad ear another Signia that would send the sound over to the good ear. Problem was, it cut out every time I really needed it, like in a noisy restaurant, So Thou$ands spent, and not much to show for it. So I really had nothing to lose by trying the Apple Airpods Pro 2 for about $200 which is FDA approved as an over the counter hearing aid. They work better for me, anyway, than either the Oticon or the Signia, at a fraction of the price. I can customize them to my personal audiogram, using my iphone. I can adjust the devices myself with the iphone, and don't have to make an appointment with an audiologist to make adjustments. BIG IMPROVEMENT!! I don't know if they would work for everybody, but they work for me!!