i agreed with deaf258! your doctor is totally right and its so true that CI is not same as hearing aides. from what he said to you... it seemed that he felt the same way as we felt about you, we're not surprised that youre a kind of guy who wants to jump the line and get CI to become a miraculously hearing person.
im still thinking about getting CI. im still visiting appointments at a time and im expecting a long training and improvements. my friend who was more profoundly deaf than i am and probably skilled in speech than i do. it took her a couple/several of years in training for a small conversation on phone and able to understand music. it was amazing.