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Teacher creates hearing aids on dolls to better represent deaf students
Read full article: Teacher creates hearing aids on dolls to better represent deaf studentsA teacher in Mexico has come up with a creative way to better represent deaf students in her kindergarten and preschool classrooms. This quickly went viral on social media, with many people singing the teachers praises. I teach preschool and kindergarten for Deaf/Hard of Hearing kids, and my students never see toys that resemble their hearing devices (Hearing Aids/Cochlear Implants), so I added some to our new baby dolls on my own. I wish everyone could see their faces playing with these pic.twitter.com/HQ5otlrtdz Genesis (@gpolitron_) September 27, 2019Her tweet has more than 150,000 likes and more than 30,000 re-tweets. Some people did point out that American Girl Doll does sell its own version of dolls with hearing aids.