Ear with hearing aid: medium-dark skin tone Emoji
People
A side-profile illustration of a human ear featuring a small, electronic hearing device resting behind the lobe, rendered in a medium-dark skin tone.
Usage Context
This emoji is frequently used to discuss accessibility, advocate for inclusive communication, or signal that the sender uses a hearing aid. It is often used alongside the sign language or deafness emojis to represent the diverse ways people interact with sound.
History
Added in Unicode 12.0 in 2019, this emoji was introduced as part of a major push to expand representation for people with disabilities, following requests from advocacy groups for more inclusive health and lifestyle icons.
Details
Glyph
🦻🏾
Unicode
U+1F9BB U+1F3FE
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9bb_1f3fe:
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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