Ben is doing GREAT! In just FOUR DAYS since having his cochlear implant activated, he no longer fights against wearing the device, he wears it over six hours a day, he's upped his electrical impulse level, and he's beginning to distinguish vowel sounds! According to one of Ben's therapists, this sort of progress in such a short time is practically unprecedented - she's never seen anything like it. Some adults have such a hard time adapting to an implant that it takes months just to get to where they can use it for ONE hour per day, and Ben's up to SIX! That's my boy! I am SO PROUD of him. (As if you couldn't tell.) He's an extraordinary soul, to have had these sorts of trials laid out for him, and to be not only coping, but excelling in the way he handles them.Told ya he's a fighter.
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