The student nurse assesses the pinna of the newborn's ears, and finds them to be parallel with the outer canthus of the eye. The nursing instructor should explain this finding to be:
A) A normal position.
B) A possible chromosomal abnormality.
C) Facial paralysis.
D) Prematurity.
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