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The ASPCA’s Dog of the Year is a deaf rescue pit bull from South Jersey. He’s also a superhero.

Cole, a deaf dog who "hears with his heart," has taught many people there are all kinds of superpowers.

Cole the Deaf Dog has learned commands in American Sign Language and is a hero to many of the schoolchildren he visits. Here, the beloved pit bull poses with some of his friends at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School in Vineland, where his owner, Chris Hannah, is a music teacher.
Cole the Deaf Dog has learned commands in American Sign Language and is a hero to many of the schoolchildren he visits. Here, the beloved pit bull poses with some of his friends at Dr. William Mennies Elementary School in Vineland, where his owner, Chris Hannah, is a music teacher.Read morePhoto by Kaitlyn Esposito