NBC News’ Camila Bernal reports in our series “The Cost of Denial” about the special surgery eight-year-old Olivia Olson ...

A young boy's wish to just get through a day without strange stares and ridicule is about to come true. In a small town in South Africa, Victor Nwadike was born without a fully-formed ear and little ...

KUTV — Microtia is a congenital condition characterized by the underdevelopment or absence of the external ear (auricle). This condition can affect one or both ears and varies in severity. For ...

According to the National Birth Defects Prevention Network, one in every 8,000 to 10,000 births in the United States result in one of two congenital malformations of the ear: microtia (the child is ...

Imagine spending five years hearing everything as if your head was underwater with a pair of headphones on. You can feel the vibrations, but you’re unable to make out anyone’s words clearly. That was ...

Being born without a fully-formed ear impacts not only hearing, but it can diminish a child's self esteem. But, thanks to a pioneering new procedure and a mom with a big heart, kids born without an ...

“As a comprehensive ear rehabilitation center, Nemours Children’s Health will provide ear reconstruction and hearing loss restoration,” said Adela Casas-Melley, M.D., pediatric surgeon and chair of ...

Thanks to two novel tools, the traditionally difficult surgery to create a replacement ear from a patient's rib cartilage may soon be done faster, more simply and accurately. According to the National ...

Using two assistive devices invented by current and former Johns Hopkins Medicine residents, plastic surgeons can follow the procedure seen in the graphic to create a replacement ear from rib ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s report on hearing aids 3D printing devices market is expected to grow by $234.48 million during 2019-2023. There is an increase in the use of 3D printing over ...

Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels ...