Sorry, bad choice of words. The thing is, that a bilateral CI isn't a drastic difference. The ONLY difference is that someone can localize sound and handle conversation in noisy situtions better. That is NOT a HUGE HUGE benifit.
Cloggy, as I've repeatly stated, in the US people who get benifit from HAs, CAN get implanted. I'm 100% for bilateral implants for folks who get absolutly NO benifit from HAs. However, it's pretty much a fact that people respond pretty much indivdually to hearing devices. Yes, there will be people with bilateral implants, but simply b/c of the fact that hearing technology is so indivdual.....Yes, there are people who decide to flip over to another CI, but there are also people who use both CI and HA.
