Low - set ears - Wikipedia Low - set ears Low - set ears Specialty Medical genetics Low - set ears are ears with depressed positioning of the pinnae two or more standard deviations below the population average. It can be associated with conditions such as : Down syndrome Turner syndrome Noonan syndrome Patau syndrome DiGeorge syndrome Cri du chat syndrome Edwards syndrome Fragile X syndrome It is usually bilateral, but it can be unilateral in Goldenhar syndrome. See also LEOPARD syndrome References Jump up ^ Sivan Y, Merlob P, Reisner SH ( June 1983 ). `` Assessment of ear length and low set ears in newborn infants ''. J. Med. Genet. 20 ( 3 ) : 213 -- 5. doi : 10.1136 / jmg. 20.3. 213. PMC 1049049. PMID 6876114. Jump up ^ `` Down 's Syndrome ''. Jump up ^ Sanchez - Cascos, A. ( 1983 ). `` The Noonan syndrome ''. European Heart Journal. 4 ( 4 ) : 223 -- 229. doi : 10.1093 / oxfordjournals. eurheartj. a061452. PMID 6884370. Jump up ^ H. Bruce Ostler ( 2004 ). Diseases of the eye and skin : a color atlas. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 72. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7817 - 4999 - 2. Retrieved 13 April 2010. Jump up ^ Michael Crocetti ; Michael A. Barone ; Frank A. Oski ( 2004 ). Oski 's essential pediatrics. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 675. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7817 - 3770 - 8. Retrieved 27 October 2010. Jump up ^ `` ear ( low set ) ''. GPnotebook. External links Classification ICD - 10 : Q17. 4 ICD - 9 - CM : 744.29 ( CDC / BPA 744.245 ) External resources MedlinePlus : 003303 Congenital malformations and deformations of ears ( Q16 -- Q17, 744.0 -- 744.3 ) Size Macrotia Microtia Anotia Position Low - set ears Other Accessory auricle Mondini dysplasia This medical sign article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Low-set_ears&oldid=850547142 '' Categories : Diseases of the ear and mastoid process Congenital disorders of ears Medical sign stubs Hidden categories : Infobox medical condition ( new ) All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Edit links This page was last edited on 16 July 2018, at 15 : 14 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: what does it mean when ears are low set
Answer: ears with depressed positioning of the pinnae two or more standard deviations below the population average