Ron, I'm very excited and happy for you. One good thing to remember is that b/c you were hoh before, (even thou you haven't heard for twenty years) you have an advantage over born or early deafened folks, who didn't have any residual hearing with HAs.
Ron, do you think that some of the marketing for CI is kind of " here's the latest most modren technological gadget? You'll be able to hear at hoh levels no matter what your previous loss/history was/is?"
I do remember the same thing happening when digitals were really new (mid 90's)
Are you going to be happy with whatever it gives you, even if you don't reach hoh listening levels?