It will, but with the caveat that hearing with a cochlear implant is (at least at current technology levels), inferior to hearing with an actual cochlea. So the

It will, but with the caveat that hearing with a cochlear implant is (at least at current technology levels), inferior to hearing with an actual cochlea. So there’s a balancing act where they want to continue having me hear with my cochlea as long as possible. The other problem is that with a CI, I have no hearing at all without the receiver which means that I would be completely deaf while swimming, showering, etc. while I have at least some hearing without my hearing aids right now (although I had an ear infection in December which left me completely deaf for a week. It was a bit startling how much people were unwilling to engage in the smallest adaptations for me—I found how to set up live transcriptions on my phone and I remember the cashier at the grocery store being unwilling to use that so I could see what she was saying).