Affecting about 1 to 5 of every 10,000 babies born globally, microtia is a rare disorder encompassing a spectrum of congenital ear malformations or even absence of the auricle, the visible part of the ...

In news that’ll certainly be music to many ears, a surgeon-led team in Texas was able to successfully implant what it says is the first ear to be 3D-printed using the patient’s own cells. The ...

October 3, 2011 (Denver, Colorado) — A significant number of plastic surgeons have faith in the ability of tissue engineers to invent products in the next 15 years that will arm them with the tools to ...

The ear reconstruction is part of a clinical trial for patients with microtia, a rare congenital deformity where one or both outer ears are absent or underdeveloped In a "groundbreaking" surgery, ...

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 ...

A four-year-old born without ears is hoping reconstructive surgery will help her feel like every other little girl. Harriet Sanders from Tarragindi in Brisbane's south has a rare congenital condition ...

On National Microtia Awareness Day, observed on Nov. 9, the spotlight is on the congenital condition that affects people's ears. National Microtia Awareness Day was created by the organization Ear ...

About 1,500 babies are born each year in the U.S. with microtia, which happens when the external ear is small and not formed properly, but 3Dbio Therapeutics Corp., and the Microtia-Congenital Ear ...

Approximately one in 1000 children is affected by severe or profound hearing loss at birth or during childhood (pre-lingual deafness). About 60% of these cases are hereditary, 30% acquired, and 10% ...

The family of a two-year-old boy is fundraising for surgery to allow him to have a new set of ears, after he was born with a rare condition that affects the formation The Robertson family, from ...