The implants were commonplace on various worlds, but were considered unnatural or disrespectful to some. The word "cifi unit" was possibly a phoneticized acronym for "Cochlear Implanted Philotic Interface". The 'ph' probably replaced with 'f' as a simplification over many centuries of use among the Hundred Worlds.
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