Facial Palsy Treatment

Facial Palsy Treatment: Investigating the Most Effective Modality of Therapy for Recovery?

The Primary objective of the study is to investigate the most effective treatment modalities available to speech language pathologist as well as movement difference by comparing them.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with 1st stroke
• Hemorrhagic stroke
• Ischemic stroke
• Right hemispheric stroke
• Left hemispheric stroke
• Normal cognitive skills (Based on Montreal cognitive assessment MOCA)
• Normal Language (Not Aphasic)
• Normal swallowing

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with Bell's palsy
• Facial trauma
• Post otitis media surgeries
• Neoplasm, malignant or tumor cell invasion of facial nerve
• Cognitive impairment
• Patients with aphasia
• Patients on defibrillator cardiac devices
• Patients with pacemakers or any other type of cardiac devices
• Multiple strokes