Well, I 'test- heard' a pair of Opticon One aids for a weekend (in fact, Tech. Day in Monson, MA) and liked them a lot. Unfortunately not $6,200 worth :-( Returned them, per prior agreement, on Monday (had them only for the weekend).
Finally decided to try a pair of Audicus hearing aids (~$1,600) but after two missed phone appointments where they (Chloe) were going to call me, on the third appointment, also missed, I get an e-mail from someone else saying Chloe got tied up (again I suppose) and they would call.... if I would send them my telephone number again. Must be the 'Get Smart' organization of the hearing aid industry so I took a pass; I cannot imagine what a return or warranty repair would be like with these folks.
Today I ended up buying a pair of Sonic Cheer 20's, $500 each but also they require a $200 module to connect to them via both Blue tooth as well as to make sound / program changes remotely. So I flipped for that one. Should be here in a week. Hopefully, I will be able to see what you folks type much more clearly.... no, wait, wrong correction device.
Brian