Product review: Wildlife Photographer Mia Doll

Mia is a wildlife photographer doll who wears a cochlear implant. She comes with a camera and newspaper. Mia is made by Lottie Dolls in collaboration with Toy Like Me, a UK non-profit which campaigns for diversity in the toy box and for better representation of disabilities so that differently abled children can see themselves reflected in the toys they play with.

Available to buy from uk.lottie.com
Ages: 3 to 10 (not suitable for under threes)

Reviewed by Sara, mum to Charlotte (4) who is profoundly deaf and wears cochlear implants.

Charlotte

"Charlotte uses a mixture of sign and speech and we don’t have any other toys in the house that have hearing technology accessories although we do have some books that show hearing aids.

As soon as we opened the box Charlotte screamed with excitement that the doll had magic ears and was obviously deaf like her! She has since played with the doll so much, always talking about the implant and how, “She’s the same as me.” She really enjoys showing the doll to visitors and always turns both her head and the doll’s to show they have matching cochlear implants.

We’ve really enjoyed playing with the doll and I can see that having a doll like herself has been of real benefit to Charlotte."