- friend system usage
- Used between friends who are in the Deaf/HoH community as a bonding symbol, or sent when a friend can't hear something during a call.
- streak use
- Occasionally included in daily streak snaps by creators with hearing aids as part of their authentic daily representation.
- story meaning
- Appears in stories documenting hearing aid fitting appointments, audiologist visits, or Deaf culture events.
- snap context
- Sent playfully when mishearing something in a voice snap, or authentically to represent a personal identity marker.