SmellAbility – Fifth Sense Toolkit of Smell Training Resources To Help People Recover Their Sense of Smell

Professor Carl Philpott was recently interviewed by Claudia Hammond from BBC Health Check about how COVID -19, amongst other virus’s, affects people’s sense of smell and taste and the importance of smell training. Carl describes the evidence behind using four familiar scents and changing them every few months, using memory and feelings to help achieve the best results.  Lizzie Bullock Rhinology Clinical Nurse Specialist and Fifth Sense #LetsTalkSmellAndTaste presenter was also on the show, describing her experience of losing her sense of smell and how consistent smell training has helped towards her recovery.  Michelle Devine, Fifth Sense member describes how anosmia and parosmia has affected her quality of life but how she isn’t losing hope.

Thank you to BBC Health Check for including us in their show and for directing people to our SmellAbility online tool – click here to access the toolkits.

Please click the link provided to listen to the full episode –https://www.bbc.co.uk/(smell training element appears at 14 minutes 56 seconds).