Aileen Moynagh

www.bbc.co.uk Aghalee: Man with unilateral microtia could never hear on left side - until he got a prosthetic ear Stephen Gilbert, 74, was born with unilateral microtia, a rare condition in which the external ear is underdeveloped or missing on one side.

BBC Newsline @bbcnewsline · Oct 14

A life changing prosthetic service has given a man born without an ear the ability to hear on his left side for the first time in his life. 74-year-old Stephen Gilbert, from Aghalee, was fitted with a specially adapted prosthetic ear to hold a hearing aid.

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BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI · Oct 14

Stephen Gilbert was born with unilateral microtia, a rare condition in which the external ear is underdeveloped or missing on one side and was recently fitted with a newly-designed prosthesis that allows him to hear on his left side for the first time.

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