Hearing aids for audiophiles?

Too many MDs here, what you guys are doing here is similar to scolding the COPDer in respiratory distress for his nicotine addiction instead of sedation and intubation:)

For those of you that use hearing aids for day to day use... What effect does it have on your music listening  when you take them out. Does the music become veiled, muted, dull?

Here is a little test. While listening  cup your hands behind your ears . . Note what happens to the sound. Then take your hands away and hear the difference. . My wife says there is no difference to her,  but there is a definite difference for me. More highs with my hands behind my ears. 

Hi
i have had Hearing aids  fior several years...it has greatly helped in increasing my music enjoyment...I have Top model Oticon and use music program program software....the key is finding an good Audiologist who will work with you in fitting and programing your aids!Modern mics and digital platforms in current generation Hearing aids when programed and fitted properly provide amazing clarity,depth,focus and even give back ability to pick up  subtle cues like decay, stage cues ,localization Etc
hope this helps 

Oh lucky me, I get to share my experience about something that I had hoped never to need. Ok, so I have had a set of hearing aids for about 5 weeks now. In short, I call them noise amplifiers. That is just for daily life. I can hear all the noise that the world has to offer in living color. But yes, let's talk about music. I remember Virgil Fox, world re-known organist, saying that an electronic organ can be a good representation of a Great sound. That is as close as I would compare the hearing aid debate. Yes, in fact, I can now hear some of what I was missing, and yes I do appreciate that much. The Widex aids that I have can be programmed for music listening, and that seems to be at least an attempt from the manufacturer to compensate in a way. But here is the result so far. My ears still know the difference between the music coming from the speakers and what is being reproduced through the hearing aid. So far, as I am experimenting with these noise amplifiers, I have found it best to use them set at the lowest possible volume while I listen. Further, I find that they are susceptible to head position in relation to the couch that I am sitting on. It doesn't help that this a leather couch, and reflects sound more than I care for from behind. Third, I find it to be important that you remove your glasses while listening so that they have no interference with the mic's that the aids use. Normally this would not be as much of a consideration, but in this case it certainly is. Of course, the amount of deafness that you have will be one of the greatest factors of success with the aids to begin with. Lastly, there really is a right volume for music to begin with and this is exacerbated with the hearing aids. They don't do dynamics perfectly, and loud music makes that fact even worse.

It seems that modern hearing aids have helped many people in terms of better understanding human voice/one on one conversation. Music listening is a different matter and there's still much improvement/advancement needed. Music listening is a complex challenge. Amplifying noise and sounds is very different from preserving the natural sound of the healthy ear. Just not there yet.
Charles