Results of Actual Hearing Test and Next Steps

On the other hand (or ear), you can hear what you're missing....

...instead of letting ones' imagination/memory fill in the 'blanks'. ;) *G*

I was doing that a lot.....imagine my delight....👍😍

Phonak Audeo M90s'; the only thing I'd like better would be a more 'detailed' onboard eq....*darn*L*

Lost the right for awhile....wouldn't charge, but suddenly and without previous warning, it came back!  I be binaural again....

Was considering Widex Moment 440s' as a 'step-up' (...and who sez I don't do that sort of thing....silly boyz....), but I'd need the molded earpieces, which gets $+ onto the total....comes recommended by the audiologists for those of us that want 'earphone levels of response'.... 

Picky picky....*L*

(...@mahg, 'phile that he is, will be...'intrigued'....*good natured snicker*....besides....CN health services, being so good....and he's in my aged range.....)

....and if the repartee' gets redundant....

You can shut them off.

"....pardon, my aids need charging...."

"Huh? What?"

🙄

I can totally understand why you wouldn’t want to get hearing aids. I got one (I only lost hearing in one ear) a few years ago, and I rarely wear it because it distorts the sound  so badly. It does help me understand what others are saying, but at the expense of “normal” sound reproduction. I would never wear it to listen to music, although I sometimes wear it if I’m trying to hear others in a noisy room. I would say try to find the best combination of settings with your equalizer, and then decide whether you like it better that way or without any enhancement. Personally, I’m pretty happy with my system with no enhancement, but in the end, it just comes down to what sounds better to you!

@cheeg , and I can understand why wearing only one would be 'off-putting'....no pun intended.   When my right earpiece punk'd out for awhile, I preferred to not wear my left one.  It was weird to hear clearly with my left, and felt like my right was AWOL....

In the interm, I just defaulted to running eq 'up' to compensate, since I know my 'basic curve' of correction.  I use this curve with 'real' headphones, since it's a bit much having 'phones into aids' which creates an over-correction...

You might try the 'dj running with 'phones on one ear' to see if that's a comp that works...🤷‍♂️😎...

I've posted on this before as I am in similar position.   If audiologist told you that it's all fine in frequency  but simply lowered, for music you'd simply use the volume control.  If you found you had loss in the left, you'd could just use the balance control.  Let's be clear:   I'm not referring to daily living, just music listening.   If you have freq loss why not use an audiophile solution like a quality EQ.  Why on Earth would you pass up on an audiophile solution by having your $$$ audio go thru a miniaturized device that is small enough to well, fit in your ear.  For TV, family, socializing,  public,  by all means use aids.  In your audio room, why not use your system.  But like Mahgester says, if it seems fine to you it's because you've adapted.  So simply start adding back as you like.  FYI, it's my understanding that the audiology dB scale isn't the same as spl dB.