Table IV.

Interrater reliability overall and by medical specialty of each abnormality of the ear

Ear region	All	Plastic Surgeon	Otolaryngologist	Pediatrician
Specific ear component	ICC (95% CI)	ICC (95% CI)	ICC (95% CI)	ICC (95% CI)
Helix
Present/absent	0.77 (0.72, 0.83)	0.81 (0.75, 0.88)	0.72 (0.62, 0.82)	0.79 (0.71, 0.87)
Overall shape (folded, under-, partially-, over-folded)	0.32 (0.13, 0.52)	0.35 (0.00, 0.76)	0.46 (0.12, 0.81)	0.00 (0.00, 0.50)
Shape of superior helix	0.63 (0.50, 0.77)	0.69 (0.49, 0.88)	0.60 (0.36, 0.83)	0.49 (0.19, 0.78)
Antihelix, Stem
Present/absent	0.91 (0.88, 0.94)	0.87 (0.83, 0.92)	0.91 (0.88, 0.95)	0.93 (0.90, 0.96)
Length	0.32 (0.19, 0.46)	0.26 (0.00, 0.55)	0.33 (0.05, 0.60)	0.62 (0.43, 0.81)
Prominence	0.28 (0.15, 0.42)	0.48 (0.25, 0.72)	0.46 (0.20, 0.73)	0.23 (0.00, 0.53)
Serpiginous	0.37 (0.23, 0.51)	0.00 (0.00, 0.32)	0.54 (0.33, 0.75)	0.59 (0.38, 0.80)
Antihelix, Inferior crus
Present/absent	0.93 (0.91, 0.95)	0.87 (0.82, 0.92)	0.96 (0.94, 0.97)	0.95 (0.93, 0.97)
Length	0.30 (0.15, 0.44)	0.35 (0.07, 0.64)	0.50 (0.25, 0.74)	0.21 (0.00, 0.52)
Width	0.04 (0.00, 0.14)	0.23 (0.00, 0.54)	0.22 (0.00, 0.53)	0.00 (0.00, 0.33)
Prominence	0.28 (0.13, 0.42)	0.53 (0.31, 0.76)	0.15 (0.00, 0.50)	0.01 (0.00, 0.34)
Antihelix, Superior crus
Present/absent	0.81 (0.75, 0.86)	0.73 (0.63, 0.82)	0.83 (0.77, 0.90)	0.94 (0.92, 0.97)
Width	0.27 (0.11, 0.43)	0.33 (0.00, 0.69)	0.54 (0.27, 0.80)	0.00 (0.00, 0.43)
Prominence	0.48 (0.32, 0.65)	0.30 (0.00, 0.67)	0.27 (0.00, 0.64)	0.59 (0.33, 0.85)
Antitragus
Present/absent	0.84 (0.80, 0.88)	0.85 (0.80, 0.91)	0.86 (0.81, 0.91)	0.90 (0.86, 0.94)
Size	0.53 (0.41, 0.66)	0.53 (0.31, 0.74)	0.62 (0.45, 0.79)	0.56 (0.34, 0.78)
Crus helix
Present/absent	0.87 (0.83, 0.91)	0.94 (0.91, 0.96)	0.81 (0.74, 0.88)	0.85 (0.80, 0.91)
Length	0.36 (0.21, 0.50)	0.31 (0.02, 0.60)	0.60 (0.40, 0.79)	0.57 (0.36, 0.79)
Prominence	0.37 (0.23, 0.51)	0.31 (0.02, 0.60)	0.53 (0.31, 0.76)	0.30 (0.01, 0.60)
Extension	0.17 (0.00, 0.37)	0.00 (0.00, 0.51)	0.08 (0.00, 0.74)	0.17 (0.00, 0.66)
Incisura
Present/absent	0.80 (0.75, 0.85)	0.92 (0.88, 0.95)	0.66 (0.55, 0.77)	0.88 (0.83, 0.93)
Length	0.23 (0.10, 0.37)	0.44 (0.20, 0.69)	0.00 (0.00, 0.40)	0.69 (0.52, 0.86)
Width	0.54 (0.41, 0.67)	0.80 (0.69, 0.91)	0.23 (0.00, 0.56)	0.72 (0.56, 0.88)
Shape	0.14 (0.01, 0.27)	0.03 (0.00, 0.37)	0.00 (0.00, 0.66)	0.28 (0.00, 0.60)
Lobe (present/absent)	0.50 (0.41, 0.59)	0.52 (0.37, 0.66)	0.55 (0.41, 0.70)	0.55 (0.40, 0.69)
Tag (present/absent)	0.76 (0.70, 0.82)	0.70 (0.60, 0.80)	0.85 (0.79, 0.91)	0.84 (0.77, 0.90)
Pit (present/absent)	0.45 (0.36, 0.55)	0.26 (0.06, 0.47)	0.29 (0.08, 0.50)	0.68 (0.55, 0.81)
Tragus
Present/absent	0.84 (0.79, 0.88)	0.90 (0.86, 0.94)	0.87 (0.82, 0.92)	0.82 (0.75, 0.89)
Size	0.30 (0.17, 0.43)	0.07 (0.00, 0.36)	0.31 (0.05, 0.57)	0.58 (0.38, 0.78)
Pretragal ectopia (present/absent)	0.38 (0.28, 0.47)	0.65 (0.53, 0.76)	0.25 (0.06, 0.44)	0.35 (0.15, 0.54)
Concha (normal/extra-fold)	0.38 (0.20, 0.56)	0.51 (0.19, 0.82)	0.26 (0.00, 0.63)	0.53 (0.24, 0.81)
Marx classification	0.88 (0.85, 0.91)	0.93 (0.90, 0.95)	0.87 (0.82, 0.92)	0.85 (0.80, 0.91)