Mr. Shankar, a 24-year-old man, faced years of undetected hearing loss caused by otosclerosis, where the stapes bone hardens, ...

The three bones of the middle ear are called the ossicles ... such as a cochlear implant. A cochlear implant is a small electrical machine placed under your skin behind the ear.

Yes — through the bones in our heads. Believe it or not, you don’t actually need the outer and middle parts of your ear to hear sound, because you’re not technically “hearing” anything.

In its place, surgeon Bhavesh Patel inserted a small prosthesis which meant the small bones in the ear could vibrate again and transmit sound to the inner ear. Ms Willmont was only under a local ...