Do you know someone who has hearing aids on one or both ears?

I've had my hearing aids since I was 9, I'm 23 now. When people notice them they start asking me all these questions and it gets annoying. I remember back in high school, my biology teacher had hearing aids on both ears and I remember my classmates would make fun of her because she couldn't hear very well. They would tell her a word and she would hear it different and pronounce it how she heard it and everyone would make fun of her. I always had my hair down I didn't want anybody to know that I also wore hearing aids. I was afraid of getting bullied. It sucks having to depend on them to communicate, I'm afraid that when I finish school that I won't be hired or that I will have problems in my career job because of not hearing well. I pray that I won't become completely deaf in the next few years...