Ear with hearing aid: medium skin tone Emoji
People
A side-profile illustration of a human ear featuring a small, electronic hearing aid device worn behind the ear, rendered in a medium skin tone.
Usage Context
Used to represent hearing impairment, accessibility, or to indicate that someone is listening or requires assistive technology. It is often utilized in discussions regarding disability awareness or when a user needs to clarify that they have trouble hearing a video or audio clip. It is frequently seen alongside other inclusive icons like 🧑🦽 or 🦯.
History
This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2019 as part of a wider effort to improve representation for people with disabilities. Its inclusion followed a push by advocacy groups to ensure that digital communication tools reflected the physical realities of the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.
Details
Glyph
🦻🏽
Unicode
U+1F9BB U+1F3FD
Shortcode
:emoji_u1f9bb_1f3fd:
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
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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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