The clinical manifestations of damage to the geniculate ganglion, a branch of the facial nerve, include loss or shallowing of the frontal lines on the affected side, inability to close or incomplete closure of the affected eye, leakage from the corners of the mouth on the affected side, pinching of rice in the affected cheek when eating, loss of taste in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue on the same side, auditory hypersensitivity, pain in the papillae, loss of sensation in the external auditory canal or auricle, and herpes of the sclera or external auditory canal, clinically known as Ramsay-Hunt syndrome. Patients with geniculate ganglion damage have a slow recovery from facial paralysis after treatment, and they may have varying degrees of posterior symptoms such as crookedness of the mouth or incomplete eyelid closure.