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‘I could never hear on my left side – until I 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.

October 13, 2026 1 min read Pressivio News Desk

Source: BBC Health

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Stephen Gilbert, 74, was born with unilateral microtia, a rare condition in which the external ear is underdeveloped or missing on one side.

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