A trip to CHOP

Today Grandpa, Isaac and I went to CHOP for speech therapy and an audiology appointment. We had speech therapy first and Isaac was a stellar pupil! The therapist conducted several activities to determine how well Isaac was doing with his implant. One of the activities included about 6 tiny plastic bears. The therapist took out a dollhouse bed, dollhouse chair and a little car. She put them on the highchair tray and told Isaac, "Go to sleep" for the bed and she placed a bear in the bed under the covers. She then said, "Sit down" and placed one of the bears on the chair. When she placed the bear in the car she said, "Go." She then took the bears away and told Isaac each of the phrases with her mouth covered and gave Isaac a bear to place where she told him. He did this activity nearly perfectly! He tried his best to repeat the words she said. He made awesome attempts and the words green, purple, orange, bubbles, pop, and various others. We did many activities and Isaac followed directions like a champ. At the end of the session, the therapist told us that she wished she had video taped the session because Isaac was the epitome of where a child should be at this point in the implant journey.

Isaac did equally as well in the sound booth. He was hearing across the board at 25 db and down to 20 db at one frequency range! This is so amazing! We are so proud of him. Both the audiologist and speech therapist were very impressed with our little superstar. He was strutting around the hospital like he owned the place. I think he knew he impressed everyone. The funny thing is, Isaac only performed a portion of how well he does at home! We definately made the right choice to have him implanted. He is the poster child for how well this can work...I'm just sure of it.