Evaluation and treatment of congenital facial paralysis.
An approach to the evaluation and the preferred methods of treatment of congenital facial paralysis is presented. The expected results from testing procedures and the limitations of their usefulness in acquired v developmental palsies are discussed. We recommend that the auditory brain-stem response test be included in the initial evaluation of patients with congenital facial paralysis.
D000293:Adolescent; D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000503:physiopathology; D004571:Electrokymography; D005149:Facial Expression; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006315:Hearing Loss, Functional / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging