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| Mode | Degree of paralysis | ||||
|
4 normal |
3 slight |
2 moderate |
1 severe |
0 total |
|
| At rest | |||||
| Wrinkle forehead | |||||
| Blink | |||||
| Normal closure of eye | |||||
| Forced closure of eye | |||||
| Closure of eye on involved side | |||||
| Wrinkle nose | |||||
| Whistle | |||||
| Grin | |||||
| Depress lower lip/ blow out cheek | |||||
10 separate categories of function, each scored 0 (total paralysis) to 4 (normal), then summed, giving a total score from 0 (total paralysis) to 40 (normal function) (Yanagihara 1977).
