Your client was in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in permanent damage to the facial nerve. What do you expect to see on assessment?
1. difficulty moving the cheeks and lips with distortion of facial expressions
2. difficulty with speech secondary to inability to control soft palate
3. dysphonia
4. dysarthria
ANS: 1
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