๐ŸฆปHearing aid emoji
๐Ÿฆป

๐Ÿฆป Emoji meaning

What did you say? Hard of hearing, hearing aid, understanding.

๐Ÿฆป Meaning

I cannot hear you! 466 million people worldwide are hard of hearing. Hearing aids improve the quality of life. Perhaps you have a hearing aid yourself, are hearing impaired, or don't want to hear certain things at all.

Examples

  • Now I hear you! ๐Ÿฆป
  • Iโ€™m wearing my hearing aid. ๐Ÿฆป
  • Could you speak a little louder? ๐Ÿฆป

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Commonly confused with

Same Shape

Ear with hearing aid
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Ear

Ear vs ear with hearing aid; both depict ears, with small device detail easy to miss.

Ear with hearing aid
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Headphone

Ear with hearing aid vs headphones; both show equipment on the ear region.

Variants

Skin tones
Ear with hearing aid
Ear with hearing aid: light skin tone
Ear with hearing aid: medium-light skin tone
Ear with hearing aid: medium skin tone
Ear with hearing aid: medium-dark skin tone
Ear with hearing aid: dark skin tone

Emoji History

Development of the emoji in the Unicode lexicon

First included

The emoji โ€œEar with hearing aidโ€ was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 .

In the release of Emoji 16.0 and Unicode 16.0 in 2024 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ aid + ear + hard + hearing

Keywords removed

- ear with hearing aid - hard of hearing

In the release of Emoji 12.0 and Unicode 12.0 in 2019 there was 1 change.

Keywords changed

Keywords added

+ accessibility + ear with hearing aid + hard of hearing

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