For my situation, it's not true. I have tried wearing my hearing aid in my good ear, but for my situation, the sounds are so different from each other, and I feel that the HA overpowers the CI. The HA picks up a LOT of the low frequencies, and the CI picks up a lot of Highs...so it sounds like the sound is going back and forth between the two, it's just annoying to me. I'm post 4 months implanted in my left. I just had surgery on Thursday for my right. Personally, if someone really wants to have bilateral, the surgeries should be done close together. Some people can see that one is good enough, other people say one is just SO good that they want to have other done. The reason why I did it so quickly was basically because I am still "new" and going to Audie for mappings and stuff. If I waited a year or two, then I would have to "start over" with the training, and that may throw me off a bit. Now that I know exactly what to expect when I get activated, and I can do the training for both ears at the same time. I'm the only one out of about 10 or 12 CI friends that have bilaterals.
I just feel that this comment above is an hasty generalization, it's not just "nice to have".
