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 Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory body-parts
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
Emoji graphics by Microsoft. © Microsoft Corporation. Licensed under MIT. Excludes assets such as Clippy, flags, and trademarks.
Microsoft Fluent Emoji assets are licensed under the MIT License. Certain assets—such as Clippy, country flags, and Microsoft product/brand trademarks—are excluded from this license and may not be used without separate permission.
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