A person gestures with his index finger between his ear and mouth, and this emoji represents a person who cannot hear the sound. It is not gender specific, but is usually shown as female. When paired with the✋raised hand menaing">✋ Raise your hand emoji, it tells someone that they need to use sign language to talk to someone. It can also be paired with the?ear with hearing aid menaing">? "ear with hearing aid" emoji, which indicates that you will need a hearing aid soon.
Deaf Person was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 in 2019.
? Previously displayed a gendered appearance, now shown as gender neutral on most platforms.
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