Interestingly enough, Stephen is giving us some indication that he is hearing with and without his hearing aids. He turns to localize higher pitch sounds---like a rattle, tapping of fingernails, crinkle of paper, etc.. I have been able to see some reaction to speech as well. All of this makes some sense because he does have some haircell function. The big question is if he is hearing enough to produce sound for speech/language. This is something that his Audiologist and Speech Therapist have to determine in the next couple months. We are still moving ahead with implanting him at 10months, unless we see something that will make us wait.
