Born without ears, he can hear clearly as anyone else

Born without ears, he can hear clearly as anyone else

Palanpur, June 5: It is a rare case of man without ears being able to hear the surrounding sounds. He enjoys listening to music on TV, radio and ably uses his cellphone.

Motilal Mali (37), born without ears - not even a hole to get outside air in - is not the one to despair. He can catch the sound as smartly and sensitively as a normal person. He has to press a nerve point on his head or forehead to catch the sound more clearly.

''It is the first case of its type,'' says ENT Surgeon Hemant Shah. ''I have never come across such a person who has no ears and yet can hear.'' ''I thoroughly checked him as my curiosity was aroused. The greatest wonder is despite of having no hearing organs, he does hear as an ordinary person,'' he added....

Bizarre.... right up there with the grandma growing a horn on her head and the lady who could extrude glass from her forehead. Man what's in that Indian water?!!!

So his pinnae are missing bilaterally. Sounds (sorry pun) like his "ear-holes" are covered with skin, but the functioning parts like the anvil, stirrup, eardrum still function as good if not better than average.

Anybody know where a picture of the guy is? That'd be interesting to see. I didn't see one on the article.