House-Brackmann Facial Nerve Grading

House-Brackmann facial-nerve grading (1985): the I-VI grade of facial-nerve function, from normal to total paralysis.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

House-Brackmann grade
3

Result: House-Brackmann grade III: moderate dysfunction.

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What the result means

Grade I–VI
I normal; II mild; III moderate; IV moderately severe; V severe; VI total paralysis.
Axes
each grade keys to symmetry/tone at rest and to forehead, eye and mouth motion.

What you enter

  • House-Brackmann grade (1-6)
How this is calculated

House JW, Brackmann DE. Facial nerve grading system. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1985;93(2):146-147. Read the source ↗

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