I have long standing hearing loss, but just don't need one right now. I don't have enough of a social/work life for it to matter. If I bought one it would just sit unused. It wouldn't empower me to be more social because there are many other reasons inhibiting me from that.

For now I do ok in my normal environment, and I wear an earplug in my "good ear" to protect it in loud environments. There are situations where I struggle to hear but I avoid those. So I'm making do.