Congenital atresia ear reconstruction is a surgical procedure to create an ear canal in children born without one. The procedure aims to improve hearing and the appearance of the ear. Congenital ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Doctors at Oregon State University’s veterinary hospital performed the first known total ear canal ablation surgery on a pig this week, in consultation with a human ear doctor ...

Archaeologists have excavated a 5,300-year-old skull from a Spanish tomb and determined that seven cut marks near the left ear canal are strong evidence of a primitive surgical procedure to treat a ...

The history of medicine is disgusting. In neolithic times, people drilled holes into their skulls as part of an ancient process called trepanation. Some cultures believed that a hole in your cranium ...

Ear infections and ear pain are the most common reason that a child goes to see a doctor. The vast majority of all children will have at least one or more ear infections by their third birthday. Ear ...

Pippi is the first-ever gray seal to have undergone ear canal surgery Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously ...