A lot of folks have been asking for an update on Amichai, so here it goes! :)
In a nutshell, things are going great....it's a lot, going going all the time, but Amichai is a trooper and is doing awesome. It keeps us fueled to know so wholeheartedly that we have him in the very best care that there is (we are so lucky to be in New York). He is wearing his hearing aides every day and smiling and giggling at all the music, sounds and voices we expose him to everyday....relieving to know that he likes it! Right now, he hears about 20-30% of what you and I hear....mostly environmental noises (music, dogs barking, horns, etc) and our voices (but only at close range and not to distinguish language). In speech therapy, they work with him to learn to pay attention to and distinguish sound, as well as to develop the various pre-language skills that he needs by nine months....so that when he has his surgery in May, he will just soar with his cochlear implants.
Meanwhile, we are all learning ASL as a family....Shayna and I are taking intensive classes every week, Amichai has two hours of one-on-one ASL time (aka play with a teacher who is signing to him), and we hired an AMAZING deaf nanny for the seven hours a week that we need him to be watched, so that is another seven hours a week of exposure to ASL for Amichai!! Pretty awesome!
Thank you so much to everyone that has been checking in on us through emails and coming to this site....means the world. Love, love, love.
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