A cochlear implant alignment system comprising: a cochlear implant system that includes a cochlear implant configured to be implanted, by way of an implantation procedure, under a skin flap of a recipient and to generate a wireless back telemetry signal during an insertion procedure subsequent to the implantation procedure, an electrode lead permanently affixed to the cochlear implant and configured to be inserted, by way of the insertion procedure, into a cochlea of the recipient, a headpiece configured to operate external to the recipient and to detect the wireless back telemetry signal generated by the cochlear implant, and a sound processor configured to generate, based on a signal strength of the detected wireless back telemetry signal, a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) signal; and a component alignment presentation system that includes at least one physical computing device that receives the RSSI signal from the sound processor, and presents, based on the RSSI signal and by way of a user interface during the insertion procedure, an indication of a degree of alignment of the headpiece with the cochlear implant to assist a user associated with performing the insertion procedure in aligning the headpiece with the cochlear implant while the insertion procedure is underway. a cochlear implant system that includes a cochlear implant configured to be implanted, by way of an implantation procedure, under a skin flap of a recipient and to generate a wireless back telemetry signal during an insertion procedure subsequent to the implantation procedure, an electrode lead permanently affixed to the cochlear implant and configured to be inserted, by way of the insertion procedure, into a cochlea of the recipient, a headpiece configured to operate external to the recipient and to detect the wireless back telemetry signal generated by the cochlear implant, and a sound processor configured to generate, based on a signal strength of the detected wireless back telemetry signal, a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) signal; and a cochlear implant configured to be implanted, by way of an implantation procedure, under a skin flap of a recipient and to generate a wireless back telemetry signal during an insertion procedure subsequent to the implantation procedure, an electrode lead permanently affixed to the cochlear implant and configured to be inserted, by way of the insertion procedure, into a cochlea of the recipient, a headpiece configured to operate external to the recipient and to detect the wireless back telemetry signal generated by the cochlear implant, and a sound processor configured to generate, based on a signal strength of the detected wireless back telemetry signal, a Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) signal; and a component alignment presentation system that includes at least one physical computing device that receives the RSSI signal from the sound processor, and presents, based on the RSSI signal and by way of a user interface during the insertion procedure, an indication of a degree of alignment of the headpiece with the cochlear implant to assist a user associated with performing the insertion procedure in aligning the headpiece with the cochlear implant while the insertion procedure is underway. receives the RSSI signal from the sound processor, and presents, based on the RSSI signal and by way of a user interface during the insertion procedure, an indication of a degree of alignment of the headpiece with the cochlear implant to assist a user associated with performing the insertion procedure in aligning the headpiece with the cochlear implant while the insertion procedure is underway. <EOS>