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# UIAccessibility.HearingDeviceEar

Constants that specify how a person is using a hearing device.

```
struct HearingDeviceEar
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`left`](/documentation/UIKit/UIAccessibility/HearingDeviceEar/left)

A constant that represents the left ear.

[`right`](/documentation/UIKit/UIAccessibility/HearingDeviceEar/right)

A constant that represents the right ear.

[`both`](/documentation/UIKit/UIAccessibility/HearingDeviceEar/both)

A constant that represents both ears.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIAccessibility/HearingDeviceEar/init(rawValue:))

Creates a structure that represents a hearing-device ear with the specified raw value.

[`UIAccessibilityHearingDeviceEarNone`](/documentation/UIKit/UIAccessibilityHearingDeviceEar/UIAccessibilityHearingDeviceEarNone)

A constant that represents neither ear.


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