We use ReSound DURR1 hearing aids fitted with open domes. They have two main programmes installed by the audiologist, one for general use, and one optimised for music.
In normal use they work pretty well, although the asymmetry of my hearing interferes if there is a wall close to our left side and there is a lot of environmental noise. In other situations they are an improvement that ranges from useful to very good. In crowded environments they have a switch (via Bluetooth app) to further enhance speech clarity at the expense of overall tonal accuracy, this can make the difference to being able to hold a conversation or not when there is a lot of background noise or many conversations going on around us.
The dedicated music programme is remarkably good, although some minor tweaking of the frequency response (again achievable through the app) can be needed with material that has a lot of HF energy, otherwise the top end can sound a little ‘crunchy’. With material that had less HF energy or after switching to a user defined programme with a slight HF cut, the response is better than we could ever have imagined a hearing aid could achieve.
This was our assessment: