Ear with hearing aid: dark skin tone Emoji
People
A dark-toned human ear featuring a small, stylized hearing aid worn behind the outer cartilage. This version explicitly highlights the technology used to assist individuals with hearing loss.
Usage Context
Used to discuss accessibility, advocate for inclusive communication, or signal that the sender uses a hearing device. It is a common companion to the sign language emojis like 🤟 when discussing the Deaf or hard-of-hearing community and their specific needs in digital spaces.
History
The base ear emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2018, but the version including a hearing aid arrived in 2019 following a public push for greater representation of disability-related technology. The skin tone modifiers were implemented as part of the broader effort to ensure diverse representation across all human-figure emojis.
Details
Glyph
🦻🏿
Unicode
U+1F9BB U+1F3FF
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9bb_1f3ff:
HTML Entity
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Specifications
Vendor Google
Category People
Subcategory body-parts
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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