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A stylised ear in a green square.
Also known as: Ear mark Japan, Hearing impairment mark Japan
A Japanese mark shown by or to a person with a hearing impairment, indicating that written or slow communication is needed.
Indicates that the person shown by it has a hearing impairment.
Contexts: Public information
Faces both ways, which is unusual for an accessibility mark: a person wears it to say they cannot hear well, and a counter displays it to say that staff there will write things down. The same mark is a request and an offer depending on who is holding it.
Contexts: Public information
A square in a solid tone carrying the outline of an ear seen from the side with a curved stroke sweeping into its opening.
The mark that names the service this one requests.