Kaiden's Cochlea Implant Switch On *December 9, 2011*

[amishhorse]

Kaiden is such a beautiful, precious little boy! So happy this implant has worked well for him! I too would love to know why they couldn't do the implants symmetrical! There must be a reason?

[AussieMummySince07]

@amishhorse Thank you :) He see's his Audiologist on Friday so i hope i find out then... :/

[hprc7]

This is amazing (especially as a speech therapist!!). I'd be very interested to know about why they're so uneven when you find out.

[AussieMummySince07]

@hprc7 Im very interested to find out myself... :/

[xashleyandleex]

Was the surgeon the lady that was talking throughout the video??? What did she have to say about the comments you and his Dad made about them being uneven???

[AussieMummySince07]

@xashleyandleex No, the surgeon is (or, WAS now...) Kaiden's ENT, the lady who switched on his implant is his Audiologist (we are thinking about switching her too...). Well she heard what Christian and i were saying about it, how pissed off we are and she said there may have been a reason why it was placed there so im going to find out if there is or not. But regardless- if there WAS reason, she should have told us.

[NWGandee]

Aw! I love this! I'm sorry about the uneven CI I hope you get to the bottom of it!

That picture of you two in the article is so beautiful!!

[AussieMummySince07]

@NWGandee Yeah- it was a bit of a downer on what was supposed to be such a happy day... :( Oh well, we cant change it now but i am going to find out why she did it and we will not be letting her see Kaiden again. We didnt like her from the start.

[Zamia777]

Sorry about the idiot surgeon. But so happy for Kaiden! He is so pleased that he can hear, you can see that in his smile. He is precious :)

[AussieMummySince07]

@Zamia777 Yeah, he loves being able to hear :) Makes life easier for us too- i know many kids take their hearing aids/cochlea implants off all the time where as Kaiden actually asks to wear them and gets distressed when they go flat :(

[robinxleigh122]

aww the look on his face when he realized he could hear out of that ear is priceless :)

[AussieMummySince07]

@robinxleigh122 Couldnt ask for a better reaction than happiness :)

[krissypurdytoes]

I just watched Kaiden's first switch on for the first time and I looked like a Cheshire cat and got a bit teary. How precious!

[AussieMummySince07]

@krissypurdytoes Yeah, his first switch on was amazing :) For this switch on, when he got a funny look on his face and then pointed to his ear, that was beautiful :)