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Here’s my 2 cents: I woke up one morning deaf in both ears. I too, am a musician. I saw 4 ENTs and an audiologist. No luck. Not even conductive hearing. A year later, the local Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center tested me. I could hear a little, very faintly. But the tinnitus was still louder. I got hearing aids and with them I can “hear”, but understanding words is hit or miss (I have significant tonal loss. I used a frequency
Analyzer to map out my deficiencies, but nobody makes a hearing aid with a decent equalizer to notch out and even it up.). I started playing in the church band and had to re-learn how to play and learn new music. I could hear it, but pitches ran together and I certainly couldn’t understand the words. But I learned to read lips and follow the music that way. It’s actually quite easy.
Now, at 7 years later, I can hear concussive noises easily. Doors, ice maker, dishes; anything with a sound pressure level above normal conversation. My hearing has improved.
My best advice for music: buy a simple old-school hearing amplifier that uses regular stereo ear buds. Then use in-ear monitors with it instead. You’ll get the full audio spectrum. I use that with the band every week and it’s a huge improvement over hearing aids with music.