Hearing with a cut-off ear

Factual Questions
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If the exterior cartilage on the ear were to be lost (sheer face), how would hearing be affected? Are there prosthetics?

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[QUOTE=hksj]
If the exterior cartilage on the ear were to be lost (sheer face), how would hearing be affected? Are there prosthetics?
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IANAD but I imagine i’d mute hearing quite a bit. The exterior cartilage acts like a sound wave collector, and without it you’d just have the ear canal.

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It’s a shame Van Gogh was never a Doper. This would have been his time to shine.

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Choppa says he can hear, I’m not gonna argue with him

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[QUOTE=hksj]
If the exterior cartilage on the ear were to be lost (sheer face), how would hearing be affected? Are there prosthetics?
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Your ability to identify location of sound sources will be impaired.
Somebody somewhere is more that likely in the business of making sytthetic ear flaps!

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[QUOTE=spingears]
Somebody somewhere is more that likely in the business of making sytthetic ear flaps!
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I’ve certainly seen them before, although I’m sure their primary function is aesthetic.

While we wait for an ENT or ear amputee to show up, I would guess that outdoor breezes would disrupt hearing more for the earless.