Table III.
Prevalence of specific ratings for each ear component of 100 ear photographs independently rated by six raters (for a total of 600 possible ratings for each component).
| Ear Components | N = 600* n (%) |
Ear Components | N = 600* n (%) |
Ear Components | N = 600* n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helix | Antihelix superior crus | Lobe | |||
| Absent | 240 (42.6) | Absent | 359 (65.6) | Absent | 71 (12.4) |
| Present | 323 (57.4) | Present | 188 (34.4) | Small | 258 (45.1) |
| Shape of Helix | Antihelix superior crus width | Average | 205 (35.8) | ||
| Folded | 66 (49.6) | Narrow | 3 (1.7) | Large | 38 (6.6) |
| Underfolded | 13 (9.8) | Average | 64 (36.2) | Tragus | |
| Partially folded | 16 (12.0) | Broad | 110 (62.1) | Absent | 266 (46.5) |
| Overfolded | 38 (28.6) | Antihelix superior crus prominence | Present | 306 (53.5) | |
| Shape of Superior Helix | Underdeveloped | 99 (56.9) | Tragus size | ||
| Folded | 108 (58.7) | Average | 66 (37.9) | Underdeveloped | 142 (47.5) |
| Underfolded | 21 (11.4) | Prominent | 9 (5.2) | Average | 146 (48.8) |
| Partially folded | 13 (7.1) | Crus helix | Prominent | 9 (3.0) | |
| Overfolded | 42 (22.8) | Absent | 315 (55.1) | Duplicated | 2 (0.7) |
| Antihelix stem | Present | 257 (44.9) | Pretragal ectopia | ||
| Absent | 301 (53.1) | Crus helix length | Absent | 547 (95.6) | |
| Present | 266 (46.9) | Short | 106 (41.9) | Present | 25 (4.4) |
| Antihelix stem length | Average | 116 (45.8) | Concha | ||
| Short | 104 (39.4) | Long | 31 (12.3) | Normal | 142 (91.6) |
| Average | 134 (50.8) | Crus helix prominence | Extra folds | 13 (8.4) | |
| Long | 26 (9.8) | Underdeveloped | 73 (28.6) | Antitragus | |
| Antihelix stem prominence | Average | 153 (60.0) | Absent | 275 (49.3) | |
| Underdeveloped | 53 (21.1) | Prominent | 29 (11.4) | Present | 283 (50.7) |
| Average | 152 (60.6) | Crus helix extension | Antitragus size | ||
| Prominent | 46 (18.3) | No | 74 (73.3) | Absent | 1 (0.4) |
| Antihelix stem serpigenous | Yes | 27 (26.7) | Underdeveloped | 92 (32.6) | |
| No | 186 (71.3) | Incisura | Average | 119 (42.2) | |
| Yes | 75 (28.7) | Absent | 312 (54.7) | Prominent | 70 (24.8) |
| Antihelix inferior crus | Present | 258 (45.3) | Present | ||
| Absent | 318 (56.8) | Incisura length | Marx Classification | ||
| Present | 242 (43.2) | Short | 89 (35.5) | Normal ear | 108 (18.3) |
| Antihelix inferior crus length | Average | 138 (55.0) | Grade I | 109 (18.5) | |
| Short | 45 (19.1) | Long | 24 (9.6) | Grade II | 89 (15.1) |
| Average | 165 (70.2) | Incisura width | Grade III | 244 (41.4) | |
| Long | 25 (10.6) | Wide | 72 (28.7) | Grade IV | 39 (6.6) |
| Antihelix inferior crus width | Average | 137 (54.6) | Tags | ||
| Narrow | 102 (43.4) | Narrow | 35 (13.9) | Absent | 472 (83.4) |
| Average | 122 (51.9) | Slit | 7 (2.8) | Present | 94 (16.6) |
| Broad | 11 (4.7) | ||||
| Antihelix inferior crus prominence | Incisura shape | Pits | |||
| Underdeveloped | 45 (19.7) | U | 165 (73.7) | Present | 65 (12.9) |
| Average | 151 (65.9) | V | 59 (26.3) | Absent | 439 (87.1) |
| Prominent | 33 (14.4) | ||||
*
Totals do not always add to 600 because of missing values; the reasons for missing data is described in table 2.