Ear with hearing aid: light skin tone Emoji
People
A side-profile illustration of a human ear, rendered in a light skin tone, featuring a small, specialized hearing aid device tucked behind the lobe. The design highlights the technology used to amplify sound for those with hearing loss.
Usage Context
Used to discuss hearing health, indicate the use of assistive technology, or show support for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. It is often used in conversations about inclusive communication or to signal that someone is wearing a device, similar to how one might mention wearing glasses alongside the eyeglasses emoji.
History
This emoji was added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0. Its inclusion followed a major push for more diverse and inclusive representation in digital communication, specifically targeting the expansion of accessibility-related icons in the standard character set.
Details
Glyph
🦻🏻
Unicode
U+1F9BB U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9bb_1f3fb:
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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