u/gamelover42

I have a roughly 11'x19' room (currently a home gym with 3/4" rubber flooring) that I'm going to convert to a bedroom for my elderly mother who is in a wheelchair. Without going into too much detail there will likely be "fluids" or other things that I dont want leaking down under the flooring or into the sub-floor.

It's adjacent to a room with 3/4" T&G walnut stained hickory flooring. It'll likely have an attached ADA bathroom. I'm thinking some inexpensive floor tiles for the bathroom. I was thinking something like sheet vinyl for the bedroom, maybe something that will compliment the wood flooring in the adjacent room? I dont really want to spend all that much. I'm estimating that I'll need this flooring for anywhere from 2-7 years. after that this room will be a guest room

I have moderate hearing loss,

​I am on a 1 week trial of the Phonak Audéo Infinio I90‑R (not the sphere) that I received from the Audiologist associated with the local hospital. I'm new to hearing aids and I'm not all that impressed by these. I definitely think I needed more adjustment than I got. They were given after my hearing test with a couple few minutes of discussion and no other adjustments and told to return in a week. I have a follow-up scheduled tomorrow. 

I’m a software engineer and I work in-office three days a week in a somewhat noisy open office. Recently on a Teams call while in the office, I found voices of nearby people on the call overwhelming — too much speech from people near me. I also seem to get too much of my own voice in my ears. I had to take them out. In that situation I really needed noise cancelling, I switched to my AirPod pro 3.
I also stream TV shows and anime from my iPhone/iPad and sometimes from my TV, and I listen to music occasionally. I'm not all that happy with sound quality in streaming video and/or music.

I was really hoping that these HAs would help me understand the TV better but they dont really seem to help at all.

I can see the benefit of haing HAs but given the cost and hassle I'm on the fence about just giving it a pass for now.

I did have a nice chat with the HA tech at Costco and he seemed really knowledgeable. I'd like recommendations for brand and model of hearing aids and if you would buy them from Costco, online, continue with my hospital, or find an independent local audiologist?

EDIT
I called the audiologist office and the visit that they had scheduled for tomorrow was for a fitting and to return the trial ones. Since they charged $200 for the fitting, I decided to cancel that and I’ll just return these trial ones. Also, around a bit more before I decide.

A couple of weeks ago my GP heard a heart murmur (last time I checked I didnt have one) at my physical so he ordered a couple of tests.
The ECHO showed that I have "Moderate to severe mitral regurgitation. Mitral regurgitation due to posterior leaflet mitral valve prolapse." And my CAC was 136. Now I need to go to a cardiologist to get checked out further.
I’m wondering what that means in terms of what happens now and later