HI Scott in SD. Welcome to Mayo Connect. It's a great place to ask questions.

Are you familiar with any of the research that has been done on farmers relative to noise induced hearing loss? https://gpcah.public-health.uiowa.edu/fact-sheets/hearing-loss/ Here is one of them. Noise induced hearing loss is common in anyone who works around noise. It generally starts in the higher frequencies, so men's voices are easier to understand than women's and children's voices. Right sided noise induced hearing loss is often diagnosed in right handed hunters. The rifle is closer to the right ear than the left although it likely will affect both ears. I'm quite sure that my own noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) was promoted by the hunting and trap shooting I did when I was a kid. (My hero was Annie Oakley, but that's another story!)

ReSound is a good hearing aid brand. Does your diagnostician handle any other brands? The brands can differ. My audiologist recommends one particular brand, but also has access to others, which helped me the last time around as I ended up selecting a brand different than the one I tried first. ReSound has several models, so don't be hesitant to try different models if what you try first doesn't seem to do the trick. Be sure to try them in every possible situation you wish to hear in during your trial period. Good luck to you.

PS: My advice is to always request telecoils, manual volume control and Bluetooth capability. Insist that the provider show you how telecoils work. They can be extremely helpful with audio devices; computer included.