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 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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