A Dunblane teenager who went deaf in his right ear after emergency surgery to save his life has become the first person in Scotland to get a revolutionary hearing implant.
Ross Paterson suffered from constant ear infections and was referred to an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist in 2020.
It was at that stage he discovered he had a cholesteatoma – an abnormal collection of skin cells deep inside the ear – which is rare but if left untreated leads to serious life-threatening complications such as meningitis.
