Hope you try getting it reprogrammed and give it time, my first one turned out so-so. Voices were very distant sounding even though the person was next to me, and other sounds like silverware on plates or opening a chip bag drove me out of my skin. I had it reprogrammed like 3 times, it was improved but found myself wearing my aid on the other side to use what little residual sound was there. The combo was ok, tolerable and with the implant, aid and lipreading - I was able to manage at my job. The second one was years later, on the other side, and was a much better sound. I even was able to use the phone again, as I used to with my aid before the first sudden onset deafness occurred.
I am still hearing impaired and still favor face to face conversations for the use of lipreading as well, I know that cochlear implants are not a cure, but it is a huge, huge improvement over wearing the aides I had most of my life. I never knew rubbing my hands and brushing my hair made noise. I didn't know that my dogs nails make a staccato sound across the tiles and up at the sliding glass door when she senses the ducks or whomever outside. I never knew she was such a talkative, verbal dog. I had known she barked, but it is loud and she makes lots of other noises besides. It's cute. I never heard so many birds, I never realized how much range and depth there is to music. I cried and cried the first time I listened to Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins with both of my implants on, I had no idea there was so much to hear between the music and their voices. My cochlear implants each have different sounds to them, and the sum is so much greater than its parts! I wear both the old Clarion body worn processor on the left by Advanced Bionics and the newer behind the ear Nucleus 24 on the right by Cochlear Americas.
I wish you and others had success with cochlear implants as well. Do try again!