THE MICROTIC EAR

Abstract

THE MICROTIC ear has always been and stands to remain a condition which taxes the ingenuity of the surgeon and the morale and personality of the unfortunate possessor. Fortunately, it does not occur more frequently than once in 20,000 births, but this is frequent enough so that the physician sees a sufficient number of oases to appreciate the problems involved and to evaluate the end results of attempted cosmetic and functional improvement. There are several excellent accounts of the embryonal development of the ear and its relationship to the congenital deformities that are encountered. I would suggest that the works of embryologists such as L. B. Arey¹and J. Ernest Frazer²be studied for the detailed devel'opment of the ear and that the papers by J. S. Fraser,³J. C. Bech,⁴and L. Richards⁵be consulted for a correlation between the anatomic and clinical findings