sr171soars
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I don't know that it's so clear that CIs are better than hearing aids.
Obviously, I haven't fully adjusted, but the sound quality through my hearing aids when I was a kid was far superior to the quality through my CI now - and even if the experience ends up being the same or equivalent once I'm done rewiring, hearing aids took a *lot* less time to get used to. That right there is a big plus. At this point, the CI is better for me because hearing aids don't function nearly as well as I'd like in the range that my hearing loss is; but that doesn't mean that CIs don't function better for other kinds of losses. Nor does it mean that the cons associated with a CI are outweighed by the benefits of a CI for everyone who might have a 'better' auditory experience with a CI.
Interesting point! To me this is a very subjective issue. Some of us took off like a duck in the water as far as adapting to a CI. I basically was a going concern on the second day with speech and about four for all around sounds. So from that standpoint, I could say it was soooo much better than my HA hands down.
Now, are CIs perfect? No and even I will admit that there are some things a CI can't quite do as well as a HA. One such is handling lots of sounds in a complicated mix and one can tell there is some oddness in what one hears. It doesn't bother me but I know it isn't perfect.