As a CI wearer, I have discovered that listening to music “thru the air” is rarely satisfying. Listening thru Bluetooth is incredibly satisfying. I had given up on music at first. But when AB came out with Bluetooth, I tried streaming from my Pixel to my ears, and it is unbelievably good. I now listen to music all the time, including “new to me” music, which was the hardest to enjoy prior to BT.
As a hearing aid user with a severe hearing loss that choice is easy i take conversations. I have never been that much of a music person. To me music is a distraction.
For me choosing conversation or music wasn’t even a question that I gave consideration too. I wanted both conversation and music.
When I was back doing rehab post CI, I put in the hard yards in rehab. Hours upon hours of rehab to get my 94% WRS in speech.
When I wasn’t doing speech rehab I had Spotify music playing on my Sonos speaker. (Not streaming music via BT) At first music was ghastly, By the 6-8 months post op I was enjoying music again. I can appreciate all genres of music bar one, and that’s because of the “high frequencies” of music and my electronic mapping.
When considering getting a CI you have to be able to put in the hard yards in rehab, both conversations and music. Believe me it’s not an easy road to walk.