Speech and Communicative Participation in Patients With Facial Paralysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Problems with speech in patients with facial paralysis are frequently noted by both clinicians and the patients themselves, but limited research exists describing how facial paralysis affects verbal communication.

Objective

To assess the influence of facial paralysis on communicative participation.

Design, setting, and participants

A nationwide online survey of 160 adults with unilateral facial paralysis was conducted from March 1 to June 1, 2017. To assess communicative participation, respondents completed the Communicative Participation Item Bank (CPIB) Short Form questionnaire and the Facial Clinimetric Evaluation (FaCE) Scale.

Main outcomes and measures

The CPIB Short Form and the correlation between the CPIB Short Form and FaCE Scale. In the CPI

SUBMITTER: Kim JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142995 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature