In the last 5 to 10 years, technology has expanded to areas unbelievable when compared to what we had just 20 years ago. I am in my upper 60's and had NO knowledge of technology for my hearing loss. I was in every sense of the word - deaf. Technology has gone through exceptional strides to work on developing a computer that can live inside as well as outside your ear. It use to be worn around your chest or around your belt area. They were amplifiers - somewhat like they were around the early 1990's and year 2000 when I receive my first set of hearing aids. No digital hearing aids...yet. They would come soon with young minds inventing the mobile phones and newer and smaller computers/laptops etc. You see, with the technology age came the idea of making everything smaller and stronger - doing everything with a microchip. Gathering sounds - noises you hear is a very techie thing in the world that we live. Our speech can be measured by what you see on your audiogram - if you want to use a simple diagram. It can get more detailed if you look at music though. All of the instruments and sounds of music are at a much larger range then the human voice. Even animals, birds and other sounds around us - all have different tones and vibrations in the air that need to be measured to be caught in the ear or by the hearing aid. This is definitely a science that is still in it's infancy. Down the road, and they are working on the music portion now, you will be able to hear music with the hearing aids of the future. But right now, we need to be patient. What we once were able to hear with our original ears, before our hearing loss, they will work hard to mimic it with aids as best as they can in the future.