I love my hearing aides. Like you - I was on the cusp of needing them. However, dementia gallops in my family & my daughters encouraged me to get them as it seems to help stave it off. But the real seller was this - I had gotten to the point where I had lost the frequency to understand The Magical Creatures. They had to be close to me & facing me or else I couldn't understand what they were saying. That was not acceptable. And I'm so glad I got the hearing aids. Now I always hear every word of their sweet voices when they talk to me. <3