'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.
BBC News reports: 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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