Finally.... activation day! We are very excited today that Fakhri's Nucleus Implant gonna be activated. That means he will hear his first sounds! We have hear lots of stories about babies on their activation day. Lots of them are jumpy and crying when the device is switched on, and some of them even try to pull out the coil from their head.
We have 10.am appointment with Deepak - the audiologist at SGH. Deepak seems quite nervous - later we found out it because the AV Therapist is not available to help him in the activation process. The process was started with Fakhri seated on high chair. There was a girl to help Deepak distract Fakhri's attention with toys. Fakhri is now wearing his coil on his head, but still using the programmable BTE from Deepak.
The mapping/programming process for each 24 channel went smoothly. Total it took about 1.5 hours. Fakhri seemed enjoying his session with so many new interesting toys, he did not realize that he has been sitting for 1 hour ! The process involve programming each channel with specific frequency and ask Fakhri to turn his head to the sounds when he hears them.
And then the swich on time! Deepak gave the cue that he is gonna switch on the device from his computer. 1....2....3..... he push the button and suddenly Fakhri turn his head on to the left (where the computer is). He was a brave boy! He did not cry at all!
We were very proud of him. Later after that session we went to hospital cafetaria to have some lunch. Unfortunately we forget to lower the volume (it was set to maximum), and Fakhri got uncomfortable and crying in the loud cafetaria (you can imagine how busy it is during lunch time). Then we go back to apartment and let Fakhri sleeps. It was a tiring day for him......
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