A female patient has facial neuritis that has caused mimetic paralysis and hearing impairment. Hearing impairment results from the paralysis of the following muscle:

Answer options

1. Nasal muscle
2. Stapedius muscle
3. Posterior auricular muscle
4. Anterior auricular muscle
5. Superior auricular muscle

Explanation

Stapedius muscle is innervated by a branch of the facial nerve, so any paralysis of the muscle will cause injury to the nerve.