We had another audiogram yesterday. As you can see, E thinks these are pretty fun. He did great responding to all the tones, but ignored the speech. They said this was just an example of highly developed "selective hearing" ;-) He is pretty used to hearing people speaking now and so he just doesn't pay it much attention. We have started the fine-tuning portion of his appointments. It was nice to see that his implant seems to be working very well for him.
E continues to love to sign and add new signs almost daily. He is also responding to verbal direction. We can stand behind him now and tell him to go and get his shoes so we can go outside. He will sign shoes and go get them and bring them to you. We have several songs with hand motions that we can now sing without the motions and he will begin to do the corresponding hand motions and hum along. E has not said any new words so far. He started off with a bang, but then seemed satisfied to have tried it an now has backed off. As long as I know that the implant is working as it should, I am not concerned about this. He seems to prefer to sign for now which is fine by me and he happens to be a rock star at it anyway. E responds consistently to his name and I can now tell him "NO" or "Don't Touch" from across the room and he will stop in his tracks. We continue to just follow his lead and focus on the learning items in which he takes the most interest. We are really enjoying watching E's love of music develop and the wild dance moves that come along with it!
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