{"id":3471,"date":"2012-07-30T07:43:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T15:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.everhear.com\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2019-09-18T08:57:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:57:15","slug":"hearing-instrument-hit-pop-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/hearing-instrument-hit-pop-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Instrument Hit Pop Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tBack in June we reported on Marvel&#8217;s newest addition to their\u00a0superheros, &#8220;Blue Ear,&#8221; the hero who used the power of his hearing aids to detect crime. Over the past month we&#8217;ve seen other companies follow-suite, bringing hearing instruments into the limelight of pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>The American Girl\u00a0collection\u00a0has taken a step towards diversity with the launch of dolls with hearing aids, personalizing the doll experience for children of all ability levels.\u00a0Any 18-inch My American Girl doll can be fitted with one or two hearing aids to make her hard of hearing or deaf, whichever her owner desires. All it takes is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.americangirl.com\/agshop\/static\/dollHospital.jsp\">a visit to the doll hospital<\/a>, where a doctor will perform a permanent piercing behind one or both ears for a $14 fee (for existing dolls), or new dolls can be ordered with hearing aids already installed.<\/p>\n<p>We also couldn&#8217;t help falling in love with their adorable\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.americangirl.com\/agshop\/html\/item\/id\/209127\/uid\/267\">service dog-in-training<\/a>, &#8220;chocolate chip&#8221;\u00a0for dolls who are blind or in need of assistance. We can&#8217;t help but think of our own therapy dog in training <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rittertherapydog\">Ritter<\/a> when we see this adorable little guy.<\/p>\n<p>Not only are dolls getting hearing aids, but bears too! The Build-a-Bear franchise has recently launched their &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildabear.com\/shopping\/productDetail.jsp?productId=prod81549&amp;selectedParentCategoryId=cat110199&amp;categoryId=cat110004&amp;dressMeMode=false\">plush hearing aids<\/a>&#8221; that can be added to any of their unique creations.<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to see more and more companies involving hearing aids in their toys and characters, empowering children everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3472\" title=\"americandollhearingaid\" src=\"http:\/\/everhear.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/hearing-aid.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in June we reported on Marvel&#8217;s newest addition to their\u00a0superheros, &#8220;Blue Ear,&#8221; the hero who used the power of his hearing aids to detect crime. Over the past month we&#8217;ve seen other companies follow-suite, bringing hearing instruments into the limelight of pop culture. The American Girl\u00a0collection\u00a0has taken a step towards diversity with the launch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Hearing Instrument Hit Pop Culture","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[895,896,897,19,840,898,403],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}