April 10, 2014. Musician Paul Stanley of the rock band Kiss poses for pictures after being inducted at the 29th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.Reuters
Paul Stanley, has a memoir out called ‘Face the Music: A Life Exposed,’ and in it the flamboyant leader singer of KISS discusses a surprising disability.
He was born with a condition called microtia which prevents the ear from forming properly. Stanley was born with a stump and deaf on his right side. (He later had surgery to fashion an ear). This disability led to a childhood marked by severe bullying resulting in a general mistrust of people.
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