I too just got some hearing aids(wife too).. my are the over the ear ones and come with a remote that i can change the sound with up and down and the best thing is it's also blue tooth with my cell phone... love that part because it's really hands free.. bad thing is i can be talking on the phone and people look at me like i'm losing my mine because they don't see a phone or the hearing aids.. must be a small world because reading what everyone said is just how i would have put it...