Ear with hearing aid: medium-light skin tone Emoji

People

A side-profile of a human ear, depicted with a medium-light skin tone, featuring a small, modern behind-the-ear hearing aid device. The design emphasizes clarity, showing the device tucked neatly against the ear canal.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to represent the hard-of-hearing community, accessibility, or to indicate that someone is listening or requires a speaker to repeat themselves. It is often used in discussions regarding inclusivity and disability advocacy alongside 🦮 or ♿.

History

Added in 2019 as part of Unicode 12.0, this emoji was released as part of a significant push by the Unicode Consortium to increase the representation of individuals with disabilities in digital communication. Its creation followed years of feedback from users who wanted more inclusive characters to better represent the daily experiences of people living with hearing impairments.

Details

Glyph

🦻🏼

Unicode

U+1F9BB U+1F3FC

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f9bb_1f3fc:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDDBB;&#xD83C;&#xDFFC;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory body-parts

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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