Cochlear Implant Child Speaks 10 Months Post Activation

[shalomkitty]

OH MY GOSH HE IS SO CLEVER! congratulations on having sucha beautiful child.

[kalijasin]

Cochlear implanting is an attempt to eradicate Deaf people from society.

[startingoutbackwards]

the mom is over bearing. let the kid talk already!

[babeehgurl09]

im so happy for u and ur family..... this is sucha blessing...... i enjoy watching this video....

[matthew11and25]

does he have perfect pitch? he definitely started that song in the right key. might have a future musician on ur hands...

[TurnOnMyEars]

@matthew11and25 Wouldn't that be amazing if he was a singer or other musician?

[amnasun]

he is amzaing, he understands all simple questions and replies them decisively, such understanding, WOW!!! what a hardworking luck mummy u r!

[tahoetreefort]

Good job mom! As the parent of a child with cochlear implants, I know how persistent, consistent, and repetitive we have to be to give our children spoken language. Drew is very lucky to have received his implant so young and he is so lucky that you are his mom, I can tell you are doing your job well! My daughter was 26 months old, and is now in mainstream 3rd grade and is an honor roll student! Language, language, language! That is my life! What a miracle!

[TurnOnMyEars]

@tahoetreefort Congratulations to you and your daughter!

[erikmarlowe]

what a smart boy w/ a patient loving mom. world is a happy place after all. thanks for this video. hope your family is doing great! =D

[KWIIfan]

Activation has gone well. I just rewatched this video and can hear him now speak.. It great to see your son doing so well with the CI. pre surgery I was profoundly deaf in both ears. Now since the CI I hear very well . 250 hz at 20 DB and 10-15 DB across the board.

[TurnOnMyEars]

@KWIIfan Amazing! Looks like it's been almost a year since you posted. How are you doing now?

[012gogaj]

that sheep is white.

[TurnOnMyEars]

@012gogaj ???

[BigKittyVideos]

What aides you used to teach your son all this? is it all by yourself or you used games etc? whatever method u used is really amazing..

[TurnOnMyEars]

@BigKittyVideos We definitely did not do this all ourselves. Drew has had various types of therapy since he was only a couple months old. Sure, we made sure to always talk to him and played games, etc...but it took a lot of people's love and effort to help him be where he is. Check out some of his other videos and you can see some of the therapy.

[machinehead5760]

how can people dislike, i have no time for them. Makes me more angry than racists, sexists or anything.

This made me happy, i hope you guys are well

[jgards73]

Luv this video! my son has ci surgery nov 8th.

[TurnOnMyEars]

@jgards73 Hope it went great yesterday! Please let us know how the little guy is doing!

[KWIIfan]

Beautiful.. Even tho I cannot hear his voice I can lipread him when he is speaking, I was implanted 7-16-10 I go in for activation soon. Its quite a miracle to bring sound to those who never would have had access to it 30 yrs ago. I am 33 and late deafend. Thank god for scientists and engineers!!!

[TurnOnMyEars]

@KWIIfan Good luck! How did activation go?

[julina50]

Glad the cochlear implants continue to be successful for your child.

[kyrstynaa]

He is so cute! I'm so glad his implants worked! (:

[chickylfc]

What a miracle. Thanks to the cochlear implant :) Congrats boy :X 

[monny287]

Wow, your son says more than my 18-month-old sister, and her hearing's fine! He's such a cutie. :) I love it when you ask him for the duck. "Can Mommy have the duck?" "No!" Congratulations on your little miracle!

[TurnOnMyEars]

@monny287 Thank you, monny287. Mom, dad and grandparents, with help of therapists have all worked hard to help Drew. Drew has been a great student and loves all of it!

[DragonessLife]

Ok. Next parents need leave american sign language. Thank you.

[hallmeg83]

Cute robot! Tell him that his parents are very sick assholes.

[gadawgsr1]

hallmeg83 you are a selfish little brat. If you don't have anything constructive to say don't say anything at all. You need to learn to be happy for others.

Great job turnonmyears! Keep up the hard work!

[alternaco]

What a fucking stupid, ignorant motherfucking duchebag you are. Hope you die soon; really, you are worthless.

[alternaco]

@hallmeg83 of course

[whiteash002]

@hallmeg83 ...what the hell are you talking about?!?

[bkivie]

@hallmeg83 Your parents should have used birth control the month you were concieved.... You are a waste of flesh and brain matter.... The fact that you exist makes me sick to my stomach..............

[Lucas121242]

I was wondering why his cochlear lights up red?

[kellyxdeee]

@Lucas121242 the lights blink and flash red to indicate that the implant is on and working. This way, parents notice that if it is not flashing red, it may not be working properly.

[arthorias]

oh god! great! im argentinian, i dont speak english very well. my nephew have one implant at 9 months old. now he have 10 years old and he is a great kid, listenin all and speakin good!

i have some videos in my account!

cheer for your kid!

[bigyankee1]

amazing and cute baby !! :D

[ghostygirlmn]

Another mom making a great decision! KUDOS to you! And BAH to the deaf community that is against it!

[silviaalina1974]

he is doing wonderful!!! and he is so adorable!

[cas2412]

Wow, he is doing brilliant. My daughter is 16 months and had bilateral surgery at 11 months and i can only hope she does this well. Its the best feeling ever knowing your child now has access to a hearing world.

[deafpower7]

i don`t know. it`s baby very good with CI? I think, sign langnuage can your life very munch than only CI. Sorry. I have CI too. He help me not very good...with sign langnuage is my God. I would like your learn of sign langnuage. greetz cive (ex CI)

[lvrabbitlv]

he is so cute. This is great!

[sweetcl0ver]

He's so adorable. I'm very happy for you all at how well he's doing!