I was doing the same thing... I found that if I took out my left hearing aid in very noisy situations and positioned the person I was speaking to on my right, it was a lot easier to hear them. Then my audiologist and I came up with an idea to put a program in my hearing aids that shuts off the left hearing aid so I don’t have to take it out and risk losing it. It does work wonderfully. I use my both of my hearing aids in every other situation as it adds fullness and clarity to what I’m hearing.