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The new line will feature a Barbie with hearing aids. (Photo: Mattel) This addition is one in a series of initiatives by Barbie to diversify its dolls and offer more inclusive representation.
Barbie is releasing a new collection of dolls to be more inclusive of all children — starting with its first doll that wears hearing aids.
Strictly Come Dancing star Rose Ayling-Ellis has teamed up with Barbie to unveil their first doll with behind-the-ear hearing aids. The EastEnders actress, who won the dance competition in 2021 ...
Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the inner ear, sensory organ (cochlea and associated structures), or the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII). SNHL accounts for about 90% of reported hearing loss.
ToyLikeMe was established in April 2015 by Rebecca Atkinson. [1] Atkinson and cofounder Karen Newell began making over toys to represent disability in a positive way. [1] The company offers various toys representing alopecia, vision impairment, hearing aids and cochlear implants, limb difference, mobility difference and more.
Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) was first defined by Dr. Brian McCabe in a landmark paper describing an autoimmune loss of hearing. [2] The disease results in progressive sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) that acts bilaterally and asymmetrically, and sometimes affects an individual's vestibular system.
The doll has features that allow accessible play for children with sight loss.
Recruitment thus remains one of the principal challenges of hearing aid rehabilitation, and it is responsible for a common phenomenon most clinicians who deal with hearing loss have witnessed or experienced: at average speaking levels, an individual with recruitment may ask a speaker to talk more loudly, yet with even a slight increase in ...