@julieo4. Thanks for the summary of info. This was very helpful. I have not known where to start and the more I read, the more confused I became. I do have tinnitus as well as age related hearing loss. I have seen an ENT MD at Mayo when I had a bad and long lasting sinus problem. I have to wonder if she would be as good with hearing as she was with sinus. Oh, well — decisions, decisions.