Well I got my new HA today and I learned one thing: the world is a very noisy place and that I am probably one of the noisiest people in it! I belch loud, I walk loud, I make weird loud sucking noises when I play with my tongue while driving, my iPhone is loud, even my DD is very loud when she had a stomping fit! I also grunt a wheeze a lot (probably due to poor posture, indigestion, and smoking). Geez, I need to turn down MY volume a bit. I haven't tried talking on the phone yet, but we will see how that goes.