Deaf boy, 8, born without ears will have pair specially made using cartilage from his ribs

Sorkin1By Tara Brady
PUBLISHED: 02:16 GMT, 6 August 2013 |
UPDATED: 01:00 GMT, 7 August 2013

  • Kieran Sorkin was born with microtia which effects just one in 100,000
  • It left the boy from Hertfordshire with small lobes where his ears should be
  • Specialist surgeons from Great Ormond Street Hospital will build him two ears using cartilage from his ribs

A boy born without any ears is having a pair specially created from his own ribs.

Using cartilage from Kieran Sorkin

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