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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rathaus" data-source="post: 3400108" data-attributes="member: 132018">Somewhat yes...I have mixed feelings, but it does have its place. I believe in trusting your eyes and ears, so long as you have them functioning as well as they can.unlike vision impairment, hearing loss isn't usually rectified gradually...its usually dealt with in one hit once it is really quite degraded. Listening to hi end hifi piped through to your ears via hearing aids is a slightly bizarre concept to me, but many do it, and many (young folk with hearing loss) persevere without hearing aids listening (unknowingly) to terribly shrill and bright systems to compensate for their hearing curve. The main thing is that they enjoy it. I have a 40yo friend who can't hear above 10,000 Hz (too many live concerts and loud headphones). He had no idea until I piped an iPhone frequency Hz app through the hifi...he sat there blissfully unaware while others writhed in pain at the various piercing hi frequencies.</blockquote>