they don't have to do that... If you have seen all the video of activations on youtube, you will get it.
What Audie can do is use NRT (Cochlear) or NRI (AB) or Impedance and Field Telemetry (Med-EL) to set mapping.
see "Setting a Map"
Fitting the Speech Processor--KidsWorld Deaf Net E-Doc--Gallaudet University's Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center
Cochlear Implants — Considerations in Programming for the Pediatric Population Jennifer Mertes, AuD., CCC-A, & Jill Chinnici, M.A., CCC-A, The Listening Center at Johns Hopkins February 2006 Audiology Online
although this can be done on adult, (I did get mine done to compare with my map that was set based on my feedbacks)
