CI - 3 Months

Simon has had his Cochlear Implant for three months now. He seems to be growing more and more receptive to both speech and sign, and is starting to express himself more using both methods. He's starting to copy our gestures a lot more, and continues to have an identifiable word every once in a while, in the midst of his babbling.

He went in for his three month check-up, and did very well on the hearing tests. He demonstrated hearing in the 20-25 decibel range, across all of the frequencies. That's very exciting, as it means that he is most likely hearing all of the speech sounds around him.

Tara continues to take Simon to therapy and Family Conversations, and does a lot of signing and speech practice with him. I read a lot of stories with him, and we watch Signing Time together just about every night - two of Simon's favorite things. He loves books, and is fascinated by the videos of children signing.

Here's a video of a kid named Drew, who's had his implants for three years - very fun to see how well he speaks and hears.