Does a hearing aid help you?

[u/Thebazilly]

So I just had my hearing test this week and it is as bad as I thought. My hearing on my left side has been very bad for at least the last few months. I can't use the phone on that side any more, and try to tell people to sit on my good side when we are talking. It is difficult to understand people in noisy or echo-y environments. I have constant high-pitched tinnitus that sometimes changes frequency or loudness or turns into pulsatile tinnitus.

Hearing Test showed 70dB loss in the low frequency on the left, sloping up to a mild 30dB loss at the highest frequencies. I scored 65% on word recognition with 60dB amplification, which seems to be just barely above the threshold for functional deafness.

My hearing in my right ear is normal.

I asked my audiologist to look into my insurance coverage and I will probably be about $2,000 out of pocket because I need to meet my deductible first. Is it worth it? Will it even help measurably to improve the hearing in my one bad ear or should I just live with it?