lity to talk. You are called to evaluate the patient. Your oral motor exam confirms a right-sided lower facial weakness. The eyes deviate to the left, the tongue deviates to the right on protrusion and the velum elevates on the left. Where is the lesion? _

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#33.Your patient presents to the emergency room with a sudden onset of right sided weakness and the inability to talk.  You are called to evaluate the patient.  Your oral motor exam confirms a right-sided lower facial weakness.  The eyes deviate to the left, the tongue deviates to the right on protrusion and the velum elevates on the left. Where is the lesion? _________________________Is the lesion bilateral or unilateral? __________________Would you expect language to be intact? _________________Would you expect speech to be intact?______________? 

 

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