10 November 06 - The Second Mapping

Fakhri in airplane back to Jkt

we activated the red indicator on the 2nd mapping

This is our 2nd trip to Singapore for Fakhri's mapping. We stayed at the same serviced apartment - which is only 5 minute walk from Orchard Road.

We now know what to expect - more or less. And Fakhri did a good job again. He did not complain, or gets jumpy, etc. Instead he sat for about 1 hour during the mapping process. This time - Deepak explained - he is putting 4 programs, instead of 3. The current P1 (Program 1) is louder than the last time P3. The loudest program is still P3 now, while P4 is in fact the P3 from previous mapping.

During soft sound mapping, Fakhri looked comfortable, but he suddenly cried and shake his head when Deepak put the P3 (the loudest program). This time Deepak asked us to really take our time before moving to the next program. It usually takes couple of day for Fakhri to get used to P1 then we can move to P2 and so on until he is comfortable to wear P3. We mentioned how Fakhri seems dizzy in the morning everytime we put his implant on. He usually likes to be hold for 5 seconds to adjust to the surrounding sounds that get into his brain. Deepak suggest to lower the volume before we put the device on and later increase the volume when Fakhri looks comfortable.

We spent the weekend on apartment. We have another appointment with Stephanie - the AV Therapist - on Monday. There was a very surprising moment on Saturday. Fakhri was with me in the living room, while his father was in the bathroom (connecting to the bedroom). The bedroom door was open, and when his father bang the bathroom door unpurposedly .... Fakhri looks surprised, turn his head, and cried!! Oh my god.... this is a very rewarding moment.....

We talked about this during the AV session on Monday with Stephanie. She is very glad to see Fakhri's progress. She said Fakhri seems adapting quickly with his implant. He is a good listener, as he always stop 'talking' whenever Stephanie is talking. He pays a lot attention when Steph is talking and pulling out the toys from the box. We even demonstrated that he can look at the door when Steph is knocking from outside. This is all a good progress - says Steph, and we should expect more in a month to come. For the next month target, Steph would like to see if Fakhri can identify several animal & transportation toys from the sounds e.g Train (Chooo...0...00), Car (Brmm...mm....mm), and understand simple verbs e.g roll...roll the toys, push... push the car... etc.

We are working on this and will involve San San ... our therapist in Jakarta to include this item in the therapy session.