Chance has found a need for ear molds!

Chance has finally found a time when he feels that ear molds would be beneficial: Sledding!

Apparently, he has discovered that when he is sledding and he is whizzing down the hill, and accidentally bumps his brother's sled at the bottom, his implants can come off.

One of our friends who is deaf and wears the same implant as Chance, harassed us (teasingly) that the blinking red lights on Chance's implants were not meant to be a tracking device. However, the red blinking light helps locate an implant that may have landed in the snow while sledding, making snow angels are whatever else Chance decides to do in the snow:) We originally turned the red light setting on, because in the beginning we wanted to know when the implants were on and functioning. We were not sure how Chance would react to the implants and the light would give us peace of mind that the batteries were not dead and the implant was on.

Now, we have found several great benefits to the red blinking lights! They start to flicker if the batteries are running low, and when Chance tells us that one needs new batteries, we know which one he means. Of course, Chance is old enough to ensure that the batteries are working and change them if he needs to. But the red light, helps us see him in the dark, in movies, but most important, it helps us to find the implants in the snow etc. It also has helped us locate Chance's implants when he falls asleep with them on, and the room is dark.

We got a beige implant instead of a more vibrant color, because we figured right now subtle would be good. Chance usually wears his hair quite short and so we got the implant that would blend in the best with his hair. Later, if Chance wants a vibrant, bright color, he can go for it. The drawback to the beige color is that it does blend in quite nicely to its surroundings should it be off of Chance's head. It hasn't been a big problem, but the blinking lights have definitely come in handy!

Back to the molds, apparently our money was not spent in vain. Chance sees that they can help him while sledding. And maybe we can carry that over to other sports and activities that the molds can help secure the implants on for.

Merry Christmas!!