We are doing some work where we take turns reading a list of all names of the children in her school year - this is a high interest topic for Lily! Every so often I substitute our surname - Davidson or Lily's grandparents name, McIntosh, instead of the name on the list. Sometimes it is quite bizarre - when Lily is obviously not concentrating on what I say, I can substitute Davidson for Smith and she doesn't pick it up. Other times I can see the wry smile on her lips before she turns her head and in great delight tells me exactly what I said.
She is less keen to wear her new implant, especially when she is tired. She complains it is too noisy sometimes. I really don't think it is. I have every faith in the Manchester team that mapped her. Additionally the volume doesn't seem an issue when she has a tantrum and shouts at me.
But I am increasingly catching her with the coil flicked off - she says it is more peaceful without it. Actually I would say that she flicks the old implant coil off more than ever before. I catch her with them both off. She complains that the new one makes the old one sound louder.
I asked her this morning if she would recommend having a second implant to another child like her and she thought about it and said yes. So that made me feel better about things.