What does 🦻 Ear with Hearing Aid mean?
An ear fitted with a hearing aid. It represents people who are hard of hearing or use hearing devices, and it is often shared in accessibility and awareness posts. Some also use it to ask for captions or to say they did not catch something, which is fine among friends but should never be used to mock anyone. It comes in five skin tones.
🦻 Ear with Hearing Aid is an emoji from the People & Body category (body parts), added in Emoji 12.0 in 2019. People use it in messages about accessibility and hard.
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🦻 Ear with Hearing Aid on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Ear with Hearing Aid looks on each platform.
Ear with Hearing Aid in every skin tone
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How do I copy and paste the Ear with Hearing Aid emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🦻 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :ear_with_hearing_aid:.
When was the Ear with Hearing Aid emoji added?
🦻 Ear with Hearing Aid was added in Emoji 12.0, released in 2019. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Ear with Hearing Aid emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow 🦻, there are 5 skin tone versions: 🦻🏻 🦻🏼 🦻🏽 🦻🏾 🦻🏿. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does 🦻 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Ear with Hearing Aid. The underlying code (U+1F9BB) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.