Got hearing aids, can hear but way too much

When I first received mine and put them in I could hear a bird fart. I tried to stick it out but I have had bad hearing for so long that the aids were not tolerable at all. I like being hard of hearing, I really don't want to hear everything that goes on because most of it is BULL **** anyways. Now they just sit in a drawer without batteries in them (don't want them to ca-rode) just in-case I want to hear the birds again.
Bob