You've received a number of useful suggestions. Having suffered from progressive hearing loss over the last 15 years or so, I have several suggestions.
First, get a second opinion from an ENT at a renowned center. As an example, I got better advice from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital and from the University of Rhode Island Speech and Hearing Center than from my local ENT and associated audiologist. There's no harm in doing this and it may clarify your options.
Second, shopping for hearing aids is like shopping for audio speakers. They are all transducers of one sort or another. Try more than one. I had Widex hearing aids for several years and was pleased with them. Eventually they failed and the cost to repair them was excessive. I replaced them with Opticon units, which to me were better for the human voice, while the Widex were marginally better for music. Phonak is another highly regarded brand recommended by audiologists. And there's no harm to trying the Jabra or similar OTC units to save money.
Act sooner rather than later. My Widex units failed slowly over several months and I took too long to realize the degradation. The audiologist at URI explained that the longer your auditory nerve and brain are not required to process frequencies, the longer it takes to relearn how to process them. My new hearing aids were too bright, too sibilant on voices to start.
As several have noted, equalization can and will likely need to be changed over time. I have moderate to severe hearing loss in both ears in the frequencies at 2,000 Hz and above. Initially the audiologist set the hearing aids to fully resolve the loss shown in my hearing test. I couldn't tolerate the harshness and sibilance of those tones. She reduced the volume of the higher frequencies and over time I am having her raise them as my ability to process them improves. While there is equalization in the phone app for the hearing aids, it is only low, mid and high, which is not sufficiently detailed. The Oticon computer program the audiologist uses is far more detailed. I also used the equalization built into Roon to help.
I wish you well in your effort to cope with the circumstances you face. It is not easy, but with patience and expert assistance you can hopefully recover a good deal of what you've lost. I enjoy music today and am thankful for the expert assistance and technology that has helped so much.