By Carolyn, mum to bi-lateral implant user Lily, aged 9
We are still having problems getting Lily to put the new implant back on when it falls off, but she is wearing it enough for it to be working well.
We did some 'open set' (out of the blue) phrases with her last night. I tried to keep to normal vocabulary but saying things I wouldn't normally say like "I have five cushions on the settee" and "I have got a pink picture".
I instinctively know that I have to keep it quite simple at this stage and I had to say them a few times, but she did get them.
When we go over any of the ‘closed set’ phrases or vocabulary we have practiced that Lily is familiar with, she gets it instantly.
If someone had told me at the beginning she would be hearing and understanding so much after just two and a half months I would have been incredulous.
