This section is a regular feature of The American Journal of Otology. Readers are invited to submit letters pertaining to specific patient problems to: Mark May, M.D., Facial Paralysis Center, Shadyside Hospital, Suite 210, 510 S. Aiken Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15232. Dr. May is affiliated with the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, as Clinical Professor.