One could see the reaction better this time, and he closes his eyes, as if there is a noise in his head. Nicolize also explained the resistance came down which indicates that he has been wearing the gadget.

The practical side of the Nucleus 5 Cochlear System is not yet as good as it can be. They recommend that we stick the gadget on with wig tape— up and till now, we’ve shaved a bit of Juan’s hair and just took normal see through surgical plaster to tape the gadget to his head. It really drives me crazy when the gadget falls of every 5 seconds. As Juan is still sitting most of the time, the gadget does not stay on in the car chair, neither in the pram– this is very frustrating. What’s even worse is: once the entire gadget falls of- Juan fights us putting it on again- he hates it. We are quite lucky that his not pulling the gadget off all the time.

So as one can see, we have our little hurdles to overcome every day, but one cannot believe that a  human being is that adaptable – in less than a months time, we’ve managed to somehow live with this gadget as if that’s just how it should be.