Claim: Photo of a US soldier who received a new ear on his arm.
Fact-check: This photo does not show US army soldier who had undergone an ear reconstruction surgery on forearm - FACTLY
Verdict: the photo shared in the post shows stelarc, an australian artist and a professor at curtin university in perth, who intentionally grew an extra third ear on his arm to enable a wireless connection to the internet, making his ear a remote listening device for people in other places. the us soldier to whom army doctors reconstructed an ear on her left arm is a woman named shamika burrage. the photo and the story shared in the post are unrelated. hence, the claim made in the post is misleading.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2022-12-14T14:43:25