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+ | [[File:JossAid.jpg|thumb|300px|The hearing aid that comes with [[Joss Kendrick (doll)|Joss Kendrick]].]] |
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| + | ==As a 18" [[Doll Modification|modification]]== |
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| ⚫ | Starting in 2012, any 18" doll can have semi-permanent hearing aids placed on a doll's ears. Hearing Aids can be applied to the left, right, or both ears for a standard fee of ''$14''; there is no additional fee for two ears if they are done at the same time. Hearing aids can be added at an online purchase on any Truly Me or [[Create Your Own]] doll; there is no additional charge included with a Create Your own doll. Any other dolls (such as most Girls of the Year or Historical Character dolls) must either be ordered by calling in or be shipped to American Girl directly and have the hearing aids applied via the [[American Girl Hospital]]. |
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| + | At a [[American Girl Place|store]], hearing aids can be applied at purchase and will be done at the Salon. |
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| + | Hearing aids are not available for [[Bitty Baby]] or [[Bitty Twins]], presumably due to to the lower target age of three; they are also not available for [[WellieWishers]] due to being improperly sized for the dolls. |
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| ⚫ | A hole is drilled slightly below and behind the ear; this is where the post is slid through the hearing aid and holds the hearing aid to the doll's ear. The resulting hole is sized for American Girl earring posts. Holes are drilled with a [[wikipedia:Dremel|Dremel]] (power tool) and are thus permanent. |
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| + | Included with hearing aids is a pamphlet on sign language, including the finger-spelling alphabet. |
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| − | + | AG_HearingAid.jpg|The parts of an add-on hearing aid. |
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| − | + | HearingAid_JLY27.jpg|A hearing aid in the left ear of an American Girl Doll ([[Just Like You 27]]). |
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| + | Hearinghole.jpg|The post hole placement near the left ear of an American Girl Doll. |
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| + | ==Joss Kendrick's Hearing Aids== |
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| − | The hearing aid option seems like a kind gesture towards girls with special needs and those who want to learn about hearing disabilities. However, for girls who are too young to take care of an American Girl doll or whose families (who have many costs associated with disabilities) can't afford one, it is an exercise in frustration. The company sells earrings separately, even though there is an installation procedure for them, but they refuse to sell the hearing aids separately, claiming that they can't sell them without installing them. So fashionista parents and girls can buy earrings and put them on whatever doll they want, but special-needs families don't have the same option. It is also unclear what happens if one does get the procedure on an AG doll and one of the removable hearing aids components becomes lost as the child plays with them. Conceivably, a family could then be out $120-130, since the company "can't sell the hearing aids separately." |
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| + | In 2020, the [[Girls of the Year|Girl of the Year]] [[Joss Kendrick (doll)|Joss Kendrick]] was released with a new style of hearing aid as the character has hearing loss. The hearing aid is blue with clear tubing and ear mold, and the ear mold "ball" allows application and removal without holes by popping it in and out of the right ear. |
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| + | The [[Joss Mold]] was designed to accommodate the hearing aid without hole piercings. |
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Revision as of 13:58, 4 January 2020
The hearing aid that comes with Joss Kendrick.
Hearing Aids are a device offered directly through American Girl which allows a doll to display hearing loss with visible hearing aids attached to her ear or ears.
As a 18" modification
Starting in 2012, any 18" doll can have semi-permanent hearing aids placed on a doll's ears. Hearing Aids can be applied to the left, right, or both ears for a standard fee of $14; there is no additional fee for two ears if they are done at the same time. Hearing aids can be added at an online purchase on any Truly Me or Create Your Own doll; there is no additional charge included with a Create Your own doll. Any other dolls (such as most Girls of the Year or Historical Character dolls) must either be ordered by calling in or be shipped to American Girl directly and have the hearing aids applied via the American Girl Hospital.
At a store, hearing aids can be applied at purchase and will be done at the Salon.
Hearing aids are not available for Bitty Baby or Bitty Twins, presumably due to to the lower target age of three; they are also not available for WellieWishers due to being improperly sized for the dolls.
The parts of the hearing aids consist of a molded over-the-ear hearing aid (pink and white) with a hole for the post, and a pink post to hold the hearing aid in place. The post is the size of a standard American Girl earring.
A hole is drilled slightly below and behind the ear; this is where the post is slid through the hearing aid and holds the hearing aid to the doll's ear. The resulting hole is sized for American Girl earring posts. Holes are drilled with a Dremel (power tool) and are thus permanent.
Included with hearing aids is a pamphlet on sign language, including the finger-spelling alphabet.
Joss Kendrick's Hearing Aids
In 2020, the Girl of the Year Joss Kendrick was released with a new style of hearing aid as the character has hearing loss. The hearing aid is blue with clear tubing and ear mold, and the ear mold "ball" allows application and removal without holes by popping it in and out of the right ear.
The Joss Mold was designed to accommodate the hearing aid without hole piercings.