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Hopi boy undergoes successful surgery for new ear


A 6-year-old Hopi boy from Arizona emerged from surgery with a new ear.

Edmund Hobbs underwent special reconstructive surgery in New York. A doctor offered his services free of charge to the boy, who was born with microtia, a birth defect that left him with a left ear.

Hobbs will be able to hear out of both ears now.

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