Cochlear Implant Love!!!

I literally have happy tears today!  This morning Logan and I went to Sunshine Cottage for testing.  It was the first time "in the booth" with his cochlear implants and I was anxious to get an idea of what he is hearing with his new ears.

His last hearing test results was with hearing aids and it showed that he responded to sounds in the 50 - 85 decibel range, depending on the frequency. You can compare 50 db to a nearby conversation, although many of the consonants in the English language fall in the 40db range.  And 85 db could be compared to a loud piano or a loud phone ringing. 

Well, during today's testing, Logan was responding at around 20-25 db!  That means he now has great access to language and is now falling in the mild hearing loss range for children.  Not only that, his testing today was based on behavioral responses from Logan and was not a test of his threshold for hearing, or the minimum level that he can hear a specific frequency.   What really has me ecstatic about this is that he may possibly be able to hear a whisper now, which is around 15 db!

I am looking forward to having more testing done in the coming months and to continue getting his cochlear programs mapped and tweeked so that he can get the most out of his devices.  

Finally, in other news, Logan has officially taken his first steps!