Second Mapping Session.
Today was our second mapping session for the cochlear implant. The past two weeks, we could really start seeing that Juan is definitely hearing something. He starts looking for where the sound may come from. Every time we put the cochlear implant on in the mornings, he would take a sudden deep breath, and then he we start chatting with himself.
I must say I am really relieved to see something is working. Apparently it’s quite hard to tell at this stage how much he is hearing, or better said: how much his brain is relating to ’sound’.
I can really see progress every single day.
What’s more, eversins Juan got his implant, he started leopard crawling, and today he got up on all fours and started creeping!!!!
The audiologist is extremely happy with his response to sound. Today they tested the nerve ‘ response levels’ again– which they have done in theater the last time. They test this at three months and then again at six months to make sure the mapping correlates with the nerve response levels. Apparently, after six months, the nerve response levels stabilizes and then they have a good idea as to where the nerves start responding to sound which will then indicate what the level of the sound should be.
All very technical, but most important, Juan is making progress, he’s crying when something is too loud– and that is very good! Jippieeee.
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