hearing as well in his left ear. >> steve: so your doctor said what? >> he said you need to have further evaluations to see if he's a candidate for cochlear implant. we went to the children's clinic in jacksonville and had an evaluation and he was a detainee. so we had the surgery at the end of june and the activation was done mid july. >> steve: so that's the image we're seeing that we just showed where he says, i can hear you, i can hear you. that's over a period of days and weeks, they turn it up very sloely, don't they? >> yes, exactly. >> steve: so that's the first time he had heard you since he was what, four, five months old? >> yes. to hear us clearly, yeah, 'cause he kept losing his hearing. it was so nice for him to be able to hear us again. >> steve: how does that make you feel? >> we're just thrilled. we feel so lucky that there is this technology and that our child can live a normal life now 'cause he can hear. >> steve: he is a normal boy.