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What about people who are blind or have low vision?
That's a damn good point that hadn't occured to me, and that definitely speaks to the privilege of being (mostly) able-bodied. That said though, wouldn't a hearing loop or similar achieve the same purpose without the headache?
A pair noise cancelling headphones would have an even better effect, and only one person needs to use them in this scenario.
Edit: Sorry I'm still quite surprised you'd expect blind people to wear a hearing aid?
....I'm very clearly completely asleep and not doing brainthink, appreciate your pointing that out. You're right about noise-cancelling earphones, although cost is always an issue, but yeah