[QUOTE]A piece of rib and a bone conduction implant have been used in a pioneering operation to treat an Edinburgh man's hereditary deafness.
Brian Hogg, 29, was fitted with an implant called a Bonebridge and given the new ear by NHS Lothian surgeons.
Mr Hogg is the first person in the UK to have the procedure.
NHS Lothian said the specialist implant operation was carried out in December 2012 at the Lauriston Building in Edinburgh.
The Bonebridge device is fitted in the ear and is used when a patient is unable to have a conventional external hearing aid fitted.
Alex Bennett, an NHS Lothian ear, nose and throat consultant performed the procedure.[/QUOTE]
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that's one wicked ear
So the hospital lent him their ear?
[sp]kill me[/sp]
Just need to make a woman out of a rib next and the Christians will be happy
Now that is just amazing.
[QUOTE=ksenior;40419066]Just need to make a woman out of a rib next and the Christians will be happy[/QUOTE]
And then we'll be able to prove scientists are the new gods.
[QUOTE=ksenior;40419066]Just need to make a woman out of a rib next and the Christians will be happy[/QUOTE]
My dreams of a manufactured girlfriend will come true!
kinda eerie making an ear from a rib
No we can use that ear to replace his rib
Guess you can say he listens with his stomach
HEH? HEH? Anyone??
looks cute
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