Please Help 5 Year Old Vanya. He has hearing loss on both sides. He needs surgery to help him hear normally.

When Vanya was born, he had no left ear. And, as it became clear later, he not only has no ear, but no ear canal or eardrum either. His right ear was underdeveloped: the auditory canal is narrowed, the eardrum is very small. My son could hardly hear at all. After we were discharged from the maternity hospital, Vanya was thoroughly examined. He was diagnosed with "conductive hearing loss." My son does not perceive sound as ordinary people do through the ear canal, but he can distinguish sounds through the bones of his skull. At three months of age, we were able to consult an otosurgeon. He recommended that Vanya wear hearing aids on a band, which vibrate and transmit sound through the skull directly to the auditory nerve. The doctor warned us: as he grows older, the bones of the skull would thicken and stop transmiting sound. Vanya will then need a serious operation – the implantation of a bone vibrator. But our doctors found there were contraindications for Vanya to have that type of