It has been a little over two months since Aubrey's CI activation, and she is doing well. We are starting to notice eavesdropping capabilities that she didn't have prior to receiving a CI. Tim and I were talking about something and Tim said "that really sucks", and all of a sudden we hear Aubrey say "that sucks." This was a wake up call, as she can now overhear our conversations. This is very cool, and yet at the same time we now have to be careful what we say. I will take it.
Aubrey is also starting to have longer sentence utterances. The other day she said "my favorite color is pink." This was probably the most clear, long sentence we've heard. It seems like she is progressing more and more each day. The audiology sound booth tests have been great, and she is consistently picking up sound at 25 dbls, which is right where we want her to be. She is also very confident with the ling sounds and whips through them like nothing.
Her favorite statements right now are "don't touch, that's mine" or "I can do it by myself." She especially likes to say "don't touch" when I try to take her implant off. She is very protective of her implant. If it does come off, she puts it back on while saying "I can do it by myself." As you can see, she is becoming quite vocal and we love it. Even when she says "I don't like that" after I've spent hours baking something special for her. :)
