Yo, compensation doesn't matter.
Outcome per dollar matters.
Hiring people at starvation wages may work, or hiring more expensive cream of the crop may work. What I care about when I'm donating is "did my dollars accomplish what I wanted?" And "could my dollars have done more for the cause elsewhere?"
If people are making the world better and have nice office furniture I don't really begrudge them that.
This. A good audiologist will usually start the gain pretty low, like 30% otherwise it overwhelms your brain in a way that's hard to describe but will mean you don't like it. After a few months you can have the gain turned up.
But if you can't get the settings tweaked you can just turn volume down as soon as they are turned on.