Meet the boy given new ears in six hour operation

A boy who was born without any ears has had a pair created from his own ribs – based on his mother’s ear shape.

Kieran Sorkin, nine, was born deaf and also had a rare condition which meant he did not have fully formed ears – just small lobes where his ears should be.

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