Abstract
The human ear is an important distinguishing organ of the human face. Defects on the auricle surface of the ear may allow a person to be identified. Since the auricle's structure is complex, a plastic surgeon needs to know its different auricular dimensions, which will be useful for designing an ear prosthesis that will aid in forensic recognition of the person. Objectives: The objective of the current study to compare the anthropometric measures of Pinna bilateral external ear in normal and diabetic patients in Iraq with sexual differences Subject and Methods: Research performed at the Al-Faiha General Hospital outpatient clinic and the Basra Teaching Hospital. Two groups were obtained from 95 patients with an average age of 40-60 years in normal as well as Type II diabetes mellitus. Vernier caliper measured anthropometric measurements of the outer ear, including total ear length (TEL), total ear width (TEW), total lobules length (TLL) and total lobules width (TLW), to the nearest 0.1mm. Results: Each group in our study consisted of 55 female patients (58%) and 40 male patients (42%) aged 40-60 (50±9.8). In the study, high measurements were found when comparing anthropometric measurements in male and female persons. It was observed, in each group, that the measurements of the right ear for males and females are larger than the left ear and there were significant differences in anthropometric measurements (P<0.05). As for the results of patients with type II diabetes, there were a decrease in all parameters, but there were no significant differences except for the overall width of the ear. Conclusion: In this study, anthropometric measurements between normal persons and diabetics were measured with proposals for the planned surgical correction of congenital ear defects and hearing aids in normal persons and diabetics at increased risk of future hearing loss, so that these anthropometric data enhance the level of hearing.
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