I'll welcome myself back after a brief hiatus

@quickjack1234 ,

Thanks for the long and detailed explanation. I'm ahead of you however. I have a cochlear implant for my SSHL (single sided hearing loss). I'm not happy with the results, I think a BAHA would have been better for me. My implant sounds like an underwater transatlantic transmission with a poor connection and a busted tuna can for a speaker.

I actually bought a BAHA that slips over my ears, It sounds reasonable but I don't use it often. I should wear it more. I'm not wearing my implant at all. Probably wont unless I lose all hearing. Thanx for the post.

oh ok i  wowo a cochlear for single sided ? well gosh is yours by cohlear ? i thought hey had made more advances! ( in quality )  so the coclear goes to deaf side ? how much do you have left  in good ear ? my bro has 40% 
yes a real baha sounds better the surgery is pretty simple now i hear the kind w/a stud in skull must be better than clamp on you can still get a baha on deaf side 
kind regards i should review your old posts thx 

Yeah living in NY,You rode the subways which were very loud.You got to go to concerts and sit up close ,I mean front row.then your friends are yelling at you during the ride home on the subway. Now you go home and it's late so you have to put your head phones on and turn up the volume. So now at 72 I guess I know whh my hearing ,ain't what it used to be...lol.