My daughter who is now 6 years old went from not hearing anything to hearing new sounds everyday, putting sentences together, starting to read books, recognize certain sounds, gaining more knowledge, starting kindergarten, recognizing everyones voices, saying her alphabet, having more intellligent conversations with everyone, counting to 20. Not only does my child do this verbally but she also as well knows all of this in sign language. I can't tell you how much this cochlear implant has improved everything. I know I am thankful for the some of the wonderful technology that they have today. I wish the Deaf society wasn't so against these and would recognize the great benefit that they would have and a totally new world that they could be living in with the sound of hearing. I know as a young mother this was one of the hardest decisions I was faced with. But just watching my child grow everyday and seeing the smile on her face as she is growing up in the hearing world I know that I did what was best for her.
