Mapping and Hearing

Seth had his second mapping yesterday.  He was WILD!

He has been a little off  ... he has been putting everything in his mouth and hitting himeself again ... I think it is a reaction to not knowing what to do with all the sound.  He seems to vascilate between super happy to confused to mad. I can only imagine what he is thinking.

but .. but ... but ...

He is hearing! He is responding! He is seemingly happy about it when we are focused on hearing activities!

 

He pulled his hearing aids out A LOT .. A LOT, A LOT   ... he is not really messing with his coil or processor.  He did pull it off twice with one therapist, but he tends to act up for her a lot and of all his therapists, she has the most trouble handling him and making him listen. 

Second mapping session

Faith is playing the recorder with him - see the mouth thing?

Hosanna!  Seth is really enjoying the music

And he signed more -

without a hand prompt

 without anyone modeling

without him using my hands to sign

... HUGE ... HUGE ... HUGE !!!!!!!!!!

<<<THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME >>>

so much happening in this short clip

Communication

Expressing Emmotion

Cognition

Hearing

Activation!!!!!!!

What a day!!!!!  It started out with an appointment for Gloria at TCH.  While we were at TCH, we met TWO other families and their children ... with cochlear implants.  The Lord knew I was a bundle of nerves and He put those folks in my path.  Isn't it just amazing how He cares for us?

Seth's incision site at two weeks post op.  Doesn't it look phenomal?

Here, Seth's awesome audiologist is prepping his coil.   ... He doesn't have a clue about what is going to happen :)

And what you all have been dying to see ...

Hearing voices - mine and his audiologist's

He was HAPPY to hear!!!! 

Praise God, Praise God, Praise God!!!!!

I was excited, but also nervous and a bit fearful that he would totally flip out.  He didn't!  He continues to amaze me.

Tonight we took him through the house introducing him to "house sounds."

Water

Singing Toys

Piano

The CD Player

In the morning, I am going to work with him listening to the doorbell and knocking on the door.

Here the coil is attached and his hair is pushed out of the way.  When his hair is over, you can barely see it.  So far, he has not pulled the coil off.  It has fallen off many times due to his rocking back and forth and rolling his head.  It has two magnets in the coil, I am not sure if a third can be added or if it would make the connection too tight. 

We have another mapping session scheduled for tomorrow.  I will ask about another magnet. 

 

I have other videos, but they have been difficult to upload.  I'll try again tomorrow.

Cochlear Implant Q & A 2

How well will he be able to hear with the implant?

We do not know the answer to this question.  Hearing with a CI is a learning process.  After he has been implanted for about a year, we will know what his level of hearing is.  He will go through many mapping sessions that will help his brain learn to hear and to process sounds.