He may not perform as well as his hearing peers or even another child of his age with cochlear implants without Mondini's Malformation, but he has come a very long way. There's still work to be done, but we are -- top a minute and talk about the sense of urgency you feel when your child's implants might be jeopardized. You never want to waste a econd to get your child's ear infection cleared up if it's possible. -- way, but it was a fleeting thought of how a simple cold can become a much more serious matter for a child with implants. I hated that he had to go through all of this. Again. And I hate that we will always -- Of course, we are still praising the miraculous technology of cochlear implants and Bud has come such a long way. But as I have been saying for the past two and a half years on here, there's a lot more work to -- Evan's Hearing Journey Erin Toes and her Cochlear Implant Journey Insights of a mom with two boys with cochlear implants Topics