Hearing aids for audiophiles.

My father lived to a very old age and was not only into hifi but as a boy was in at the dawn of broadcast radio in the 1920s.

He had some quite nice kit if, shall we say, vintage 60s but his hearing deteriorated.  Undeterred, he bought a pair of state of the art aids costing around £1500 in those days.
But afterwards I found he was still not listening to the hifi.  He said that even with the aids he did not enjoy the experience like he used to and it was not worth listening.

At over 70, still with good hearing but down at the top end, I am finding the excitement of the sound a bit dimmed and I don't listen as much as I used to.  But I don't think I will ever want to give up on music like my dad did for his final ten years or so.

Has anyone else found that if you hold your nose and pressurise your ears a lot of the high frequencies come back?  A bit inconvenient but nice to remember the full experience occasionally.

Ear glasses work great! $5

I was going to say cupping ones hands behind their ears! Really does work parabolicly speaking.

FWIW I have worn hearing aids for over 15 years. I started with "in the canal" versions. They are ok but the my current are behind the ear and give the best possible audio experience. They are Starkey Audibel Via. They a rechargeable bluetooth and pair with your phone for calls, music video. I got their TV interface and what an experience to understand conversations from movies again. Keep in mind that hearing aids are not a perfect fix for hearing like you can get for your eyes through surgery. 

Oticon More 1. Not cheap but excellent hearing aids. I could not believe how much sound I was missing in regular life, music was just an add on.