10 y/o refuses to wear hearing-aid; insecure

When my daughter was 4 years I realised that she had a hearing problem. It took me a while to get my husband to accept that as a fact and another 5 years to get my daughter to start wearing hearing aids. In the meanwhile we went through tons of tests and alternative medicine. The teachers of her school were told about the issue and were also told about my daughter's insecurity about wearing the aids. As she can hear well enough to get the gist of the matter and respond it isn't very obvious that she has an issue with hearing. Her speech is more or less clear and she can communicate well. But it's the soft sounds and certain lower frequencies that she cannot catch. Initially she was in complete denial and wanted to believe that she can hear normally, but of late she too realised that she does miss out on the gossip that her friends do, or the dialogues of a movie, etc., but now she is of an age where she is very conscious of her image and of the way she looks. So since for past 6 months or so, she has stopped wearing the hearing aids. She would wear them while leaving home for school and at the first opportunity remove them. Also she had always refused to wear them anywhere else except for school. So I gave in to her persistence and I do not force her to wear them anymore cos I don't want her to lose confidence. However, I am afraid that she will miss out on information - at school and otherwise and I do not want this to compound as she grows older and goes to high school. She is otherwise​a very cheerful kid, but is very sensitive about this issue. What should I do? What would be the best course of action for her? And how should I effect this? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2qGly6m