 During the surgery, the operating team inserted two electrodes deep into Oren's brain to a region called the thalamus. Wires would then run up to a neurostimulator. It delivers constant neurostimulation to help suppress the seizures. The device can be recharged by a pair of wireless headphones. After receiving the implant, his mother declared to the Guardian, I definitely now have a teenager, she says, remarking on Oren's newfound ability to ignore his mother.