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B.C. girl to get new ear with help from SFU archeology team

Scans of Zillah Shulman’s left ear will be used to make a prosthetic
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Nelson’s Zillah Shulman is going to receive a 3D-printed prosthetic to cover her right ear, which is under developed due to microtia. L-R: Barak, Zillah, Odessa and Milenia Shulman. Photo: Tyler Harper

Ancient children’s bones are the typical subjects of scans at Hugo Cardoso’s lab. Five-year-old girls, who are very much alive, are not.

In October, the archeology department at Simon Fraser University welcomed Nelson’s Zillah Shulman who arrived with her mother Milenia. The visit came after Cardoso received a unique request from a California surgeon that the lab to take images of Shulman’s left ear with its high-end 3D scanner.

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Tyler Harper

About the Author: Tyler Harper

Tyler Harper joined the Nelson Star in 2015 after having worked at The Canadian Press as a sports reporter in Toronto from 2008 to 2014.
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