Hearing aid suggestions

Thanks, Photon, for the helpful information.  I was afraid my question would ignite hearing aid controversies...tube or solid state, hearing aid trestles, that sort of thing.

There have been several good recent hearing aid threads on AG. Try doing a search.

I have had a fair amount of experience with this, unfortunately. I have had Oticon and now Widex. Make sure you check with you health insurance provider to see if you have a hearing aid benefit. I usually spend for the middle of the road models as that is what my insurance pays most of. I had a friend pass and his wife gave me his Widex and they were in excess of $6K. I took them in to my local audiologist and they loaded my hearing program into his hearing aids. The expensive models are really nice with phone app that can control your settings. The place I go has a PHD audiologist on staff and she put a fair amount of effort in helping me program the aids. They even offer to come to my house and do a program for my listening room (extra cost). I do think the commercial places will push you toward the models they make a mark up on. They called me up the other day and told me one of my pairs was running out of warranty and said bring them in for a last checkup. They ended up sending them off to Widex for a complete refurb.  One big drawback is if you have the phone blue toothed to your aids and you call it to find it......:)

Ive come to realize there is no fix.   I tried aids...they blast digital crap....   I understand that the culprit is the mic that they all use.   Definitely a loss.

I have Phonak from Costco. I'm guessing about $3000 for the pair. I chose batteries as I think the ones that charge are larger.
I feel like I have supersonic hearing when I listen to music. My hearing is really good with the Phonaks
When my Phonaks are not in everything sounds muffled. I lived my life going to live music shows etc.
I have read good things about the Widex so I may check them out when these break down