Ramiro Garcia, a Texas man born with no ears, is the latest contestant to impress the judges on American Idol -- both for his vocal ability and for his courage.

“I wasn’t born normal,” Garcia said on the show Thursday night, describing the medical condition he had from birth. “I came out with no ears. Nothing on my left ear, right just an earlobe. Doctors gave my parents the worst news that I would not hear, not speak, I would be a mute.”

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