Who are you to judge that AB is a better processor, are you scientists or a dr??, your none of those or even close, as far as you being a user, your situation is different, wait until your AB burn your auditory nerve or your cochlea then you will have a different views go read here Failing Ugly: Advanced Bionics cochlear implant circuit goes haywire | The Hearing Blog and you will understand what are the hidden facts, these are own facts, these are not from me but FACTS, so pushing this person to get AB when this implant is still on the recall status for 6 months already is hideous and unacceptable, this is a medical device, this is not a cell phone that he/she can return, this person has ONE SHOT at this and they need to take it seriously, I know some AB people happy, read again SOME, this does not qualify this implant to be better, it's failing ugly, unfortunately.
I don't understand how people take this recall like it's nothing happened, I have never heard of a recall last 6 months unless there is a huge crap is hidden here and there, no one wants to end up with a burned auditory nerve or brain, get real.