180 degrees.... What I meant was is that it's like someone flipped a switch and turned his hearing off. I was present for both of his hearing tests. He has been working through a montesorri pre-reading program for a while. Just last week he got his "readers" and has started book 1.
He is one of my adopted kids. Born addicted, i've had him since he was 3 weeks old.
An example would be that you can ask him to pick up his toys and he runs to take care of them (I suspect he'd OCD, that's another thread)Then one day you'll ask him to pick up his toys and he'll look at you with a blank expression. When he's like that it generally takes 4-5 repititions of the same direction before you get through, then he runs to do as you ask.
He very bright, he took two tests from the WPPSI a few months ago for a program he's involved in and ceilinged on both.
He's done this off and on for a long time but it seems to be getting worse.