One of my hearing aids quit working several weeks ago.  It didn't seem to make much difference in my hearing, so I was just using one, partly because I wasn't ready to think about the cost of replacing one or both of them, or even a big repair bill.

     Gradually, I began to notice I was missing a lot of what was going on so made an appointment with my audiologist.  She put new plastic tubing on the both and voila! I can hear!  Sure made me feel stupid.