Table 1 House–Brackmann facial paralysis scale [1]
From: Peripheral facial nerve palsy in children: clinical manifestations, treatment and prognosis
Grade | Impairment |
|---|---|
I | Normal |
II | Mild dysfunction (slight weakness, normal symmetry at rest) |
III | Moderate dysfunction (obvious but not disfiguring weakness with synkinesis, complete eye closure with maximal effort, good forehead movement |
IV | Moderately severe dysfunction (obvious and disfiguring asymmetry, significant synkinesis) incomplete eye closure, moderate forehead movement |
V | Severe dysfunction (barely perceptible motion) |
VI | Total paralysis (no movement) |