My husband came down with Bells Palsy last Sunday morning. He is taking the prednisone prescription and using eye lubricants and doing facial exercises. We have followup with PT and the Internal Medicine Doctor. The doctor stresses the importance of eye lubrication, but did not put much emphasis on the ear, which we are wondering about. Is there possibility of underlying tumor which may have caused this and how would we discount that possibility?

Summarized question: Does Bells Palsy affect the ears?