A surgery for reconstructing a patient’s ear with her own tissue using 3D printing technology was successfully completed by doctors in the US. The breakthrough surgery may lead to new ways to treat ...

With 3D printing, it seems the things you can make are limited only by your imagination. The latest innovation: a 3D-printed artificial ear. The ear, which looks and functions like a normal human ear, ...

In the beginning, there was the earmouse: naked, pink, and toting on its back a grotesque ear-like appendage the size of a child’s ear. When an image of this mouse-grown “ear”— actually a piece of ...

The technology to utilize 3D printing technology to create replacement body parts for transplanting has been around for at least half a decade, complete with an aim to provide people with ...

Leading experts among 3D printing manufacturers and regenerative medicine company 3DBio Therapeutics have successfully performed a clinical trial of transplanting a 20-year-old female's ear utilizing ...

The auditory ossicles of the middle ear – the malleus, incus and stapes – are the tiniest bones in the human body. All three can fit on a dime, with room to spare. Their job is to transmit sounds from ...

A doctor in the United Kingdom is using cutting-edge 3D scanning technology to design hyper-accurate ear implants for children suffering from microtia, a congenital condition in which the external ear ...

A 20-year-old woman who was born with a small and misshapen right ear has received a 3D printed ear implant made from her own cells, the manufacturer announced on Thursday. Independent experts said ...