Bad luck with the hearing there fella; it must be hard and not a little frustrating at times.
As to what anyone else says, if they haven't got anything nice to say, then send them packing!
I had a great uncle who used a hearing aid. When he wasn't interested, or was bored with conversation, he'd just switch off the prattle and nod and smile in a polite way and then just wander off. Obviously he was a little eccentric, but it was useful to him to be able to mute the world when he chose. It was a kind of thing he used to do as a family in-joke at social events and the like
He certainly never let his deafness stand in the way of anything he wanted to do.
I say go with the technology - I'd bet money on the fact that artificial enhancement of sight, hearing and prosthetics will attain a level beyond that which the rest of us are naturally capable of, given enough time. A young'un like yourself is likely to see some great developments in the coming years
