NIH R01 · 2024
ABSTRACT COVID exposed the critical need for new and improved treatment interventions for chemosensory (i.e. smell and taste) dysfunction. Evidence indicates that COVID-related smell loss (SL) often endures well past recovery of the initial infection and is highly associated with other long COVID neuropsychiatric symptoms including impairments in mood, sleep, and cognition. To date, there are few interventions available to treat COVID-related persistent SL and its related impairments. While smell/olfactory training (ST) has emerged as a widely prescribed, front-line treatment for COVID-related persistent SL, rigorous study is required to determine its efficacy in long COVID. Moreover, given…
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