Very interesting point in your response to the bolded part of Ron's post above yours. When I was entertaining the idea of getting a CI, and meeting with a CI audi and discussing the full process (my whole family went with me - I made sure they did to ascertain there was nothing I was misunderstanding, even though I had an interpreter with me at all times), the feeling of the CI audi was that I would not gain much benefit from a CI over what I get from a HA. If that all was true, I wasn't going to get a CI, and still haven't. And, again, if there was only so much benefit to be gained, I STILL can't go to the movies without captioning, and et al. I'm TOO deaf -- I need a LOT of benefit to make a change.
