If you'd asked me 2 weeks ago my reply would have been yes. This week no. In the last two weeks Brendan has started to imitate some noises in the words we say and he's also started to point to his body parts.
So whilst he still isnt really communicating much, he is progressing with his understanding skills and he is trying.
It is still frustrating at times, because it's still very much a guessing game as to what he wants.