Jose Bonilla

In San Antonio, Jose Bonilla is a pediatric ear, nose, and throat surgeon specializing in microtia, a congenital condition in which the outer ear is underdeveloped or absent. The practice focuses on children with microtia and aural atresia, which may cause conductive hearing loss when the ear canal is absent or blocked. Care includes microtia reconstruction and hearing restoration. Families can also find information about the condition, associated hearing loss, causes and risk factors, and bone-conduction hearing, which allows sound to reach the cochlea through skull vibration. Bone-conduction hearing devices are discussed as an option for children with microtia and aural atresia. The website identifies Arturo Bonilla, MD, as the pediatric microtia surgeon and describes more than 30 years of exclusive focus on pediatric microtia.