title: Evaluation and treatment of congenital facial paralysis.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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