In a first for medicine, a surgeon has successfully implanted an outer ear developed and 3D-printed in a laboratory. A 20-year-old woman who was born with the congenital disorder microtia and had one ...

A surgeon who specializes in treating rare ear deformities has successfully implanted a 3D-printed ear made of living tissue. The procedure, the first of its kind, was done on a 20-year-old woman from ...

Scientists have successfully printed a functional human ear that is ready for transplanting. This remarkable achievement was made possible by the recently debuted Integrated Tissue and Organ Printing ...

We’ve covered some pretty smart hearing aids before at Digital Trends, but the work being done by researchers at Baltimore’s University of Maryland School of Medicine is something else entirely.

Scientists have developed a new 3D bioprinter that has been successfully used to print a replacement human ear that could be transplanted to a patient in need. A human ear isn't all that the ...

An adult patient recently received the implant, produced on the Desktop Health 3D-Bioplotter® Manufacturer Series This project is highlighted in a new video showcasing how the Hannover Medical ...

If a company called BioBots has its way, next-generation 3D printers won’t make knickknacks out of colorful plastic, but will instead make functioning human organs. The company’s 3D printer, called ...

Researchers have constructed a living human ear that looks and feels just like the real thing, and they made it with the help of a 3D printer. The new ear improves upon prosthetic ears made by current ...

Elaborate 3D analysis of the inner ear now, for the first time, provide insights into volume changes of special structures in sufferers of the so-called Ménière's disease. The cause of this rare ...

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 ...