I am thankful for all of you who give me the gentle nudge to keep on posting.Last week Molly started to babble like crazy (like a normal hearing 7 month old would). "YaYa", "rarar", "EEEE" are some of the sounds she will make all day. She will say "Mooo" for cow, "Maw" for cat, "hooohooo" for train, high pitch "wa, wa" for dog, "ah" for up and "baa" for sheep. She will mimic duration, pitch and volume changes to a lot of these sounds. All of this output with only 6 weeks of activation.
Music.....Molly LOVES music. Her eyes light up when we turn on the jukebox in her room. She will dance and attempt to hum along. All of her toys that make music are played over and over now. Thankfully batteries have a short life :). This attached photo is of Molly and her friend Ben at music class. Can you tell who the bossy one might be?
The Audiologist did a sound field audiogram on Wednesday. We were both enthusiastic to see her responses to such soft sounds. All of you in Tennessee would be happy to know that her speech detection threshold was clearly obtained in the normal hearing range (10 dB).
5 comments:
Whooeee! It's so good to hear such wonderful progress. "Our" girl really is doing well, isn't she? Keep posting as your time permits - we always love updates.
And...we'll keep praying!
love you guys!
Oh wow! This is just wonderful to read! So, ok, who's the dope who prodded you to update THE "SIGNS" GANG? Yep, that would be...THE EDITOR! or...no, no, no, the lowly secretary? Ah, that's it! Check the blog and it is all there! We are more than thrilled about "the bossy one"! GOD IS SO GOOD!
Walt and Joie
howdy from east tennessee!
i'm so happy to hear that molly is progressing so well with her implant. speech detection thresholds at 10 dB, that's amazing!!! and i can't believe how much she is talking =) what a blessing!
we miss you guys so much!
wendy
Great to see her growing up. May she not be impeded in hearing the beauty of the creation and the word of God preached. (Now who does the bossiness come from?)
10 db. Truly amazing.
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