KMID : 1039520170210010016
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Journal of Audiology & Otology 2017 Volume.21 No. 1 p.16 ~ p.21
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Effect of Age and Severity of Facial Palsyon Taste Thresholds in Bell¡¯s Palsy Patients
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Park Jung-Min
Kim Myung-Gu Jung Jun-Yang Kim Sung-Su Jung A-Ra Kim Sang-Hoon Yeo Seung-Geun
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Abstract
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Background and Objectives: To investigate whether taste thresholds, as determined by electrogustometry (EGM) and chemical taste tests, differ by age and the severity of facial palsy in patients with Bell¡¯s palsy.
Subjects and Methods: This study included 29 patients diagnosed with Bell¡¯s palsy between January 2014 and May 2015 in our hospital. Patients were assorted into age groups and by severity of facial palsy, as determined by House-Brackmann Scale, and their taste thresholds were assessed by EGM and chemical taste tests.
Results: EGM showed that taste thresholds at four locations on the tongue and one location on the central soft palate, 1 cm from the palatine uvula, were significantly higher in Bell¡¯s palsy patients than in controls (p<0.05). In contrast, chemical taste tests showed no significant differences in taste thresholds between the two groups (p>0.05). The severity of facial palsy did not affect taste thresholds, as determined by both EGM and chemical taste tests (p>0.05). The overall mean electrical taste thresholds on EGM were higher in younger Bell¡¯s palsy patients than in healthy subjects, with the difference at the back-right area of the tongue differing significantly (p<0.05). In older individuals, however, no significant differences in taste thresholds were observed between Bell¡¯s palsy patients and healthy subjects (p>0.05).
Conclusions: Electrical taste thresholds were higher in Bell¡¯s palsy patients than in controls. These differences were observed in younger, but not in older, individuals.
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KEYWORD
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Bell¡¯s palsy, Taste, Electrogustometry, Chemical taste test
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