oh my dear @Shaz51 im so sorry, they are doing some amazing things with hearing aids now, one of mums friends has a unit he puts around hiis neck and he can filter out all sounds but the ones he wants to hear. it also uses the device to answer phone calls. 

when do you start dyalisis? i hope it is not too hard on you, i hope they make advances with 3d printed body parts so you can get a new kidney 🙂