Danny’s Story: A New Right Ear with Restored Hearing
CHOP surgeons created an ear canal for Danny and then used laser scans and a 3D reproduction of his unaffected left ear to create a new, custom-made right ear.
Read stories about patients who have been cared for by the Ear Deformities Program.
CHOP surgeons created an ear canal for Danny and then used laser scans and a 3D reproduction of his unaffected left ear to create a new, custom-made right ear.
Lilliana was born with only one ear due to hemifacial microsomia, a condition in which the tissues on one side of the face are underdeveloped. Doctors at CHOP gave Lilliana a new ear.
An innovative reconstruction surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia gave Alexis a new ear. The ability to hear from the reconstructed ear will soon follow.