Correlation of Objective Assessment of Facial Paralysis with House-Brackmann Score
Abstract: This article
illustrated a brief review of some objective methods in assessing facial nerve
function for facial nerve paralysis which were correlated with House-Brackmann
Grading System (HBGS). A rigorous search of online databases such as Springer,
Elsevier and IEEE was conducted from June, 2015 to November, 2016 to discover
and analyze the previous works in facial nerve assessment methods forfacial
paralysis. Several domains such as facial grading system and methods used to
evaluate the facialnerve function were extracted for further analysis.
Different keywords were used to acquire the studiesbased on the desire criteria.
A total of 8 articles were identified and were analyzed for inclusion in thissearch.
In conclusion, this review has presented an initial overview for further
improvements in objective facial nerve assessment which has to be correlated
with subjective assessment to make it more reliable and useful in clinical
practice.
Keywords: facial nerve
assessment, facial nerve paralysis, house-brackmann, facial grading system, facial
rehabilitation
Author: Wan Syahirah W
Samsudin
Journal Code: jptkomputergg170078
