Has Coranavirus Disease 2019 Changed the Incidence and Outcome of Bell's Palsy?

Background: Objectives: (1) To determine whether the incidence of Bell's Palsy (BP) increased during the pandemic. (2) To investigate whether the outcomes of patients with BP and COVID-19 infection or vaccination differ from those in the pre-pandemic era.

Methods: Patients with BP were studied in 2 periods retrospectively (March 2021-March 2022 and August 2018-August 2019).

Validation of the Spanish version of the Electronic Facial Palsy Assessment (eFACE).

Purpose: The clinician-graded electronic facial paralysis assessment (eFACE) is a relatively new digital tool for assessing facial palsy. The present study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the eFACE.

Methods: Forward-backward translation from the original English version was performed.

Validation of the Spanish version of the Sunnybrook facial grading system.

Purpose: The Sunnybrook facial grading system (SFGS) is one of the most widely employed tools to assess facial function. The present study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of the Spanish language version of the SFGS.

Methods: Forward-backward translation from the original English version was performed by fluent speakers of English and Spanish.

Contribution and safety of the side-to-end hypoglossal-to-facial transfer in multidisciplinary facial reanimation.

Background: This study evaluates facial and tongue function in patients undergoing side-to-end hypoglossal-to-facial transfer (HFT) with additional techniques.

Methods: Thirty-seven patients underwent a side-to-end HFT. Twelve had additional cross-face grafts, and 9 had an additional masseter-to-facial transfer.

The use of electrocochleography to monitor the response of Ménière's disease patients to intratympanic steroids.

Conclusions: Intratympanic (IT) dexamethasone provides an alternative for patients with Ménière's disease (MD). A reduction of the endolymphatic hydrops is detected by the EcohG 1 month after the treatment.

Objective: The use of intratympanic corticoid injections for MD has become popular due to the lack of reported adverse effects, but the mechanism of action is not well established.

[Extratympanic electrocochleography in Ménière's disease].

Introduction: Electrocochleography is the registration of an electrophysiological event which takes place in the cochlea after an acoustical stimulus. Most of the authors consider an increased summating potential (SP)/action potential (AP) ratio as characteristic of endolymphatic hydrops.

Methods: A longitudinal, prospective study of a unilateral Ménière's population diagnosed according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery classification was carried out.