text: No, you should be more scared of not hearing things properly and then responding incorrectly.  Someone once told me that she thought company was saying it's busy tonight (traffic) and she said "yes" , when what the person said was that it was a bad time to visit, or something like that.....anyways, lots of hearing aids today are hardly even noticed..grow your hair to cover your ears and don't worry about it.  Oh and try to get both ears fitted if you need it for both ears.