Thanks for this good idea. After reading through a lot of these posts, it was definitely on my list to check out HLLA, which I hadn't known about. It sounds like a wonderful organization and source of great information. I read about the Cros B Protek? hearing aids a previous gentleman recommended, which sound amazing, and downloaded a list of places they are sold near me to check them out. It will be wonderful to see if someone from HLLA can recommend a good one to visit next spring or summer when it will hopefully be safer to venture out. I feel as though a whole new world of possibilities is opening up before me while I've been hibernating under a rock. Thanks again! Nancy