Loss of Hearing

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They are so expensive. How can I tell which brand is better than others?

I am not totally deaf/blind. But I am blind in one eye and my ‘good’ eye only correctable to 20/40 in my left eye. Unfortunately, my left ear is 80% deaf. So I see from my left eye and hear from my right ear. People with hearing difficulty use their vision to help them. People who have low vision often use hearing to help them. I have difficulty doing either. Because of the combination of losses. But since I am not totally either I haven’t been able to find others like myself.

I was born with limited hearing, so I can hear fine if I wear hearing aids, but I can barely hear anything when I am not wearing them. I don’t wear my hearing aids when I’m sleeping, and I don’t recall being able to hear anything in dreams. I can still dream of talking and stuff like I’ll dream up a conversation with someone and stuff, but I dont actually feel like I’m hearing what the other person is saying; I just know what they’re saying because its kind of me thats making them say whatever they are saying (sorry if that was confusing). Basically, I am not completely deaf and I can still hear (albeit softly), and I wear hearing aids which makes my hearing almost as good as most peoples, but when I’m in bed I take off my hearing aids so I basically dont hear anything since no one else is in the room with me. I was just wondering if people with normal hearing can actually feel the sound in their ears when they dream.

Is it just because lot of famous people have died from AIDS or because it’s more prevalent in America or something? I just saw on yahoo that it’s “World AIDS Day” yet I’ve never heard about anything like that for malaria.