Wow Claire, you slipped in under the radar.
Hello and welcome from and I'm sure all of us.
Hearing aids and any form of dementia, nightmare, tell me about it, my wife had one for each ear, mum just the one, cleaned more of those than I care to remember.
Problem is that without them they can become isolated and feel excluded, please persevere.
Deafness can be so hard to deal with on top of everything else, you'll miss it when it all ends. K