Deaf Person
A person gesturing with their index finger between ear and mouth, used as a deaf sign in American Sign Language (ASL) and a number of other global sign languages.
May also be combined with the 🤫 Shushing Face emoji to reference "mewing".
See also 🦻 Ear With Hearing Aid.
Deaf Person was approved as part of Unicode 12.0 in 2019 and added to Emoji 12.0 in 2019.
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