What did you say?

I think all you need to know about my hearing test today is included in this brief conversation after a test in which I tried to discern and repeat a word said into my earphones while background noise was playing:

Audiologist: OK, that was tough.
Me: Did it show?
Audiologist: You got one right.

That's right. My discernment (a cool hearing term) is about 10% in my left ear when there is background noise, which includes other conversations, random noises, internal body sounds, etc. My right hear discerns 30%.

Without background noise it is about 60%, and that does not include ability to read lips or get context, so I survive.

I could get hearing aids, but they amplify sound, not discernment. There is not really anything for someone like me, whose hearing is not good but not awful.