The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast
The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast
Ahmed Khalifa
Are the New Hearing Aids & Deaf Sign Emojis Truly Representative & Accurate?
8 minutes Posted Nov 1, 2019 at 12:00 pm.
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Welcome to The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast, an audio show (with transcripts included) where we listen to stories from fascinating individuals in and around the d/Deaf community and from your host, yours truly, Ahmed Khalifa.

The new emojis which are displaying hearing aids and a person signing are finally out, alongside many other emojis.

But are they truly accurate? And do they really represent d/Deaf people? Because it's one thing to display hearing aids and a person signing, it's another to make sure that they are accurate and it represents all d/Deaf and hard of hearing people.

But I'm not sure if it does.

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