Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

3D ultrasonography for evaluation of muscles following facial palsy

1 September 2014 | | 3D-Sonography, Facial musculature, Facial nerve, Facial palsy, Reconstructive surgery

Reconstructive surgery for facial nerve palsies is not recommended beyond two to three years after a degenerative facial nerve lesion. Since the time course of muscle atrophy is variable, this timeline is a rough guideline. The only assessment method currently...

Early intensive aphasia therapy in stroke patients

1 September 2014 | | Very Early Rehabilitation, aphasia, stroke

The impact of aphasia following stroke is devastating. Very early aphasia rehabilitation studies have been the subject of ongoing debate. This paper describes the comparison of a very early aphasia therapy regimen with a historical ‘usual care’ control group after...

Early habilitation for hearing impairment in children with Down syndrome

1 September 2014 | | Down syndrome, hearing, language, speech, vocabulary

Approximately 40-80% of children with Down syndrome have hearing impairment in addition to speech and language impairment. The commonest cause of hearing impairment in young children is otitis media with effusion. This paper investigated the impact of early hearing loss...