Equalizer to compensate for hearing loss - Any success stories?

Equalizer

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1^st you are adjusting frequencies for the space (not your hearing).

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Make Notes: That setting is for the space and friends whom do not have hearing issues.

2^nd. How is that with your hearing aids in? Slight adjustment by ear? 

Make notes, that’s your small adjustment with hearing aids in, listening alone or with a friend.

3^rd. with hearing aids out.

Adjust by ear AFTER making room settings by measurements.

2 or 3 above: hearing aids in or out: which more relaxed, more enjoyable, more involving!

I am in the same boat as the OP.  I thought the tone controls on my Mac preamp would be enough but I was mistaken.  I purchased the 6 band Schiit EQ for I think $300.00. It has been a Godsend.  I was able to adjust it so that my system sounds the way it did before my hearing loss.  I am now enjoying the music once again. 

If you need some serious EQ ability, you can look for something like a vintage ADC Sound Shaper III.  

If you have programmable hearing aids that already correct for your loss, using an equalizer to adjust for your loss would be working against your aids.  Not to mention ruining the sound quality for others in the room.  I wear corrective aids and prefer to let the aids do their job and keep the audio system as pure as possible.  Works great for me. 

I am very intrigued by these discussions as someone with hearing loss in one ear (left). This seems to cause the soundstage to shift right, especially for cymbals in jazz recordings that appear almost always panned right while the remaining music is dead centered and spacious. Can an equalizer alter one channel to better center imaging, or is this a nonsensical question?