Creation and Validation of the Facial Diplegia Scale for Assessment of Bilateral Facial Palsy.

: House-Brackmann (HB) classification and the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (SFGS), both reference tools for the assessment of facial palsy, are not suitable for bilateral facial palsy. The aim of this study was to develop, standardize, and validate the Facial Diplegia Scale (FDS). : The FDS was standardized in a healthy population ( = 111) and validated in 40 patients with diplegia.

Impact of Bell's palsy in facial emotion recognition: a prospective observational study of 60 patients.

Purpose: Patients with Bell's palsy suffer from functional deficits and cannot convey their emotions through the face as well as they used to. According to embodied cognition, automatic mimicry and facial feedback modulate emotion perception. The aim of our study was to determine the impact of Bell's palsy on facial emotion perception.

Impact of facial palsy impact on make-up habits: An observational cohort study.

Objective: The esthetic problems inherent to peripheral (PFP) are frequent causes of complaint. Make-up is advocated as a form of therapy and can alleviate symptoms of depression. The aim of the present study was to collect data on make-up habits in female PFP patients and assess links with esthetic and/or functional complaints.

Modelling a simplified device-a wind musical instrument-as an educational tool to study the behavior of a one-dimensional resonator.

The aim of this paper is to show how the analytical modelling of a simplified acoustic device (herein a simplified wind musical instrument) may be a relevant educational way to study several aspects of the behavior of an idealized component [herein a one-dimensional (1-D) resonator], which is the core component of the device considered. A time-dependent source, whether sinusoidal, impulse, or representing approximate valve-effects of the reed, is coupled to the resonator in the analytical modelling. The unavoidable thermo-viscous parietal dissipation, as well as an approximate radiation effect, are accounted for.

Repeated awake surgery and quality of life in patients with diffuse glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Diffuse gliomas significantly affect patients' daily lives. Because of the high risk of recurrence and anaplasic transformation, repeated surgery can be proposed in awake condition to prolongs overall survival by limiting and reducing residual tumour volume. However, oncological interest alone is no longer sufficient due to the consequent increase in median survival, and quality of life is becoming an important issue in clinical decision-making.

Using heat maps in teaching acoustics: Interaction of incident plane wave or incident beam with a solid plane structure.

Using heat maps provides frame and relevance to topics covered in physical acoustics courses as students can more easily visualize complex ideas and situations. Students can also form a much better understanding of the physical phenomena involved and build more advanced critical thinking when heat maps are used. It is the aim of the paper to provide ways for students to interact with heat maps by using two examples: first, the interaction of a plane wave (not only monochromatic) with an interface separating a fluid and a solid medium and, second, the interaction of an acoustic beam with such an interface (including a solid layer).

Contribution of the Synkinesis Assessment Questionnaire and the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System to the evaluation of synkinesis after peripheral facial palsy: A STROBE observational study.

Objectives: The main aim of the study was to determine whether the perception of synkinesis by patients with peripheral facial palsy (PFP) matched their clinician's severity assessment. Secondary objectives comprised: (1) to determine whether objective measurement of synkinesis matched the patient's perception; and (2) is to identify factors influencing patients' perceptions.

Methods: This retrospective study took place from January to May 2020.

Raising students' interest and deepening their training in acoustics through dedicated exercises.

The aim of this paper is to briefly present ways to improve the interest of students who begin to attend physical acoustic courses and give examples of exercises (among many others) dedicated to the deepening of their training. Regarding the interest of students who are just beginning, two particular questions arise: how is the attention of these students gained? and how would the students be properly trained when starting out? An attempt to answer these questions is given at the beginning of the paper. Then, the paper continues with a brief presentation of some problems, which are extracted from a three-volume textbook that was published recently, precisely posed, and solved in detail analytically in an exact or approximate manner, even numerically, according to the three levels (bachelor, master, and Ph.

Impact of inspiratory threshold loading on brain activity and cognitive performances in healthy humans.

In healthy humans, inspiratory threshold loading deteriorates cognitive performances. This can result from motor-cognitive interference (activation of motor respiratory-related cortical networks vs. executive resources allocation), sensory-cognitive interference (dyspnea vs.

Outcomes and prognostic factors of facial nerve repair: a retrospective comparative study of 31 patients and literature review.

Purpose: To evaluate functional results of facial nerve repair by direct nerve suture or grafting, compare results between a traumatic and a tumoral group and identify prognostic factors.

Methods: A retrospective monocentric cohort study was studied in a university ENT department. Thirty-one patients who benefited from facial nerve suture or grafting, with at least 12 months postoperative follow-up were included.

Voice modulation, self-perception and motor branch of the superior laryngeal nerve.

Objectives: Vocal morbidity resulting from damage to the motor branch of the superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) after endocrine surgery is well known, but diagnosis is often delayed. The present study aimed to quantify these vocal changes acoustically (main objective), and correlate this with the vocal complaints of patients with suspected SLN motor impairment (secondary objective).

Material And Methods: Thirty females patients with suspected injury of the SLN cricothyroid branch (CT-) were compared to 30 patients without postoperative vocal impairment (CT+) and to 30 control subjects.

[Sequelae in bell's palsy: Prognostic factors for recovery].

Objectives: Facial palsy can be assessed using objective and subjective tools. The main purpose of this work was to use these tools to determine at 12 months the percentage of patients with sequelae and to specify the type of sequelae.

Material And Methods: Twenty-three patients with facial palsy were followed in this prospective and longitudinal study.

French Society of ENT (SFORL) guidelines. Management of acute Bell's palsy.

AQFThe authors present the guidelines of the French Society of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery (SFORL) regarding the management of Bell's palsy in adults. After a literature review by a multidisciplinary workgroup, guidelines were drawn up based on retrieved articles and group-members' experience, then read over by an independent group to edit the final version. Guidelines were graded A, B, C or "expert opinion" according to decreasing level of evidence.

Oro-facial motor assessment: validation of the MBLF protocol in facial palsy.

Background: Oro-facial myofunctional praxis assesses the muscular coordination and the degree of motor impairment of the lingual, mandibular and facial muscles necessary for articulation, mimicry and swallowing.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to create and validate the MBLF protocol, a French oro-facial myofunctional assessment in order to quantify patient's impairment and to specify the motor and functional deficit for an adapted management.

Methods: The MBLF was validated against the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (criterion validity).

Oral mobility reflects rate of progression in advanced Friedreich's ataxia.

Our objective was to identify a sensitive marker of disease progression in Friedreich's ataxia. We prospectively evaluated speech, voice, and oromotor function in 40 patients at two timepoints. The mean disease duration was 20.

Smile Reanimation after Unilateral Facial Palsy by Lengthening Temporalis Myoplasty: Objective and Subjective Evaluation on 25 Cases.

Background: Comparison of functional results of lengthening temporalis myoplasty relies in current practice on subjective scales. The goal of this study was to define a simple, reproducible, objective scale validated through a comparison with a subjective scale for smile symmetrization results after temporal muscle myoplasty.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 25 patients having a unilateral facial palsy and rehabilitated with lengthening temporalis myoplasty.

[Hypoglossofacial anastomosis for facial palsy treatment: Indications and results].

Unlabelled: Hypoglossofacial anastomosis is a classical surgical procedure for the treatment of facial paralysis when the trunk of the facial nerve cannot be repaired and its peripheral branches are normal.

Patients And Methods: Between 2004 and 2015, 77 patients were able to benefit from an hypoglossofacial anastomosis. The etiology of the paralysis was mainly the surgery of vestibular schwannoma, tumors of the facial nerve and diseases of the brainstem.

[Facial palsy rehabilitation: Assessment before surgery].

A patient who needs a surgery for facial rehabilitation must have a complete assessment. The etiology of the facial palsy must be clear. It is necessary to have a MRI of the facial nerve for the statement of the initial pathology or to search a lesion on the nerve.

[Prosodic analysis of speech of patient affected by peripheral facial paralysis].

Introduction: The aim of study of prosody in facial palsy is to assess the intensity of pathology in suprasegmental viewpoint in order to establish a proper rehabilitation.

Methods: Patients were recorded during a reading and spontaneous speech test and a prosodic observation of speech spectrogram provided by Praat software.

Results: The Accentual Groups lowering and significant dysprosodics elements (adverse effects and breaking balance) and a larger amount of disfluencies showed that the prosody of patients with facial palsy is altered because they need to swallow their saliva intentionally.

[Acoustic analysis of the articulatory disorders of patients affected by peripheral facial paralysis].

Introduction: The study of joint disorders in facial paralysis is an important element of support to guide rehabilitation.

Material: The material used for the registration of the database is a digital recorder Zoom H4N (way format, sample rate 44,100 Hz, 16 bit quantization). The microphone used is a Shure Beta 58, super cardioid.

[Smile "forced" smile versus "spontaneous": comparison of 3 techniques of reconstructive surgery of the face. Myoplasty temporal muscle, hypoglossal facial anastomosis and gracilis muscle free flap].

The facial palsy cause serious consequences for patients. Studies have also shown that in these patients, the inability to produce an appropriate and spontaneous smile would be a key factor of depression. When facial palsy is considered complete and the nerve cannot be repaired, the patient can benefit from palliative surgery to regain a better quality of life in the aesthetic, functional, and psychological aspects.

[Lengthening temporalis myoplasty for facial palsy reanimation after parotid surgery].

Aim Of The Study: Share our experience and our results of lengthening temporalis myoplasty (LTM) for facial palsy reanimation after parotid surgery.

Materials And Methods: Study of 15 patients after they had had a lengthening temporalis myoplasty, in the same time or after a non conservative parotidectomy of facial nerve. 10 patients suffered from a parotid malignant tumor, one had a jugal epidermoid skin carcinoma invading the parotid, 2 patients had a facial palsy after removal of pleomorphic adenoma recurrence and two patients had a facial nerve schwannoma.