Mattel debuts first Barbie with hearing aids
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Mattel debuts first Barbie with hearing aids
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#2I long for the day that Earpods become hearing aids
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#3Just wondering, did Ken (Barbie’s male companion doll) receive some attention too?
Or is male body represetation is still tied to unrealistic body standards?
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#4Just wondering, did Ken (Barbie’s male companion doll) receive some attention too? Or is male body represetation is still tied to unrealistic body standards?
> Other dolls in the new Fashionistas collection include a Ken doll with vitiligo, a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells, causing it to appear blotchy. The line also includes a doll with a prosthetic leg, a Barbie who uses a wheelchair, and male dolls that are less muscular than the original Ken doll.
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#5Just wondering, did Ken (Barbie’s male companion doll) receive some attention too? Or is male body represetation is still tied to unrealistic body standards?
If you had read the linked article (like a 1 minute read), you would see that he did
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#6I'd be curious of a sales breakdown of all these varieties. Old article, but somewhat dismaying: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/black-barbie-sold-white-barb...
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#7Just wondering, did Ken (Barbie’s male companion doll) receive some attention too? Or is male body represetation is still tied to unrealistic body standards?
> Other dolls in the new Fashionistas collection include a Ken doll with vitiligo, a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells, causing it to appear blotchy. The line also includes a doll with a prosthetic leg, a Barbie who uses a wheelchair, and male dolls that are less muscular than the original Ken doll.
Sounds like sales declining and not being able to think straight in the panic
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#8I long for the day that Earpods become hearing aids
Apple AirPods can behave a bit like a hearing aid. You can use the Live Listen feature on an iPhone to get an idea [0].
I’ve got a modern set of hearing aids that I actually ordered last week. They have Bluetooth built in, so they will actually function as earbuds themselves, allowing me to answer calls or listen to music and so on. So the reverse is already happening where the hearing aid acts as headphones.
One last thing to consider is that ear buds occlude the ear completely, where some hearing aids (like mine) are designed to physically allow sound through. In my case it’s better than total occlusion since one of my ears only has partial loss (total loss in the other).
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#9Still waiting for the first Barbie with an average face. But I guess as the manufacturer of pretty dolls, it’s impossible to satisfy all of those demands.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Other dolls in the new Fashionistas collection include a Ken doll with vitiligo, a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells, causing it to appear blotchy. The line also includes a doll with a prosthetic leg, a Barbie who uses a wheelchair, and male dolls that are less muscular than the original Ken doll.
Sounds like sales declining and not being able to think straight in the panic
Toughen up a little bit, it’s a doll.