Sounding Off

Crewe has made tremendous progress since he started seeing Kelly, the speech pathologist. The most exciting progress happened this week when he started making sounds! We are hearing things like "aaaaaa" and "ooooo." Music to our ears. Crewe is just as excited as we are to hear his noises and smiles hugely every time he makes a sound. It's as if he's saying "that came from me!"

The trach gives these noises a mechanical sound. Crewe's ENT is pleased with his progress is considering giving him a speaking valve to place on his trach. (We have to make sure that his oxygen levels don't drop with the valve). The valve will make it easier for him to make sounds since it will force him to exhale out of his mouth instead of through the trach.

We've captured some of these sounds on video and I'll post some video soon.