Cochlear Implant

We still haven't gotten in to see the aural rehab person yet... scheduling is becoming very difficult because there aren't any availabilities on those days that I either have a nurse or my mom here to help us get there. We still need two people to travel with Ben... one to sit in the back and suction and one to drive. Hopefully we can get in soon. Ben is able to detect some noises, but he still isn't responding to all of them. We try to keep the implant on as much as possible, but because Ben spends 90% of his time on the ground, anytime he turns his head to the right it pops off. He doesn't yank it off as much as he use to though, so that's great news! It is very difficult to tell when he hears something because we have to watch for the slightest change in breathing, eye movement, body movement etc. to tell if he hears it. And, those changes need to be consistent to be sure he did hear it. Turning and looking towards a sound is something that comes later when he really starts to understand. Not to mention Ben will always have trouble localizing a sound due to only having one implant. We do know that sound is getting in (the tests show it is), he just needs to learn to make sense out of it and pay attention for the noises. We have continued to work on talking and signing together so he is getting all means of communication.