Smell Training: Can the Brain Relearn Lost Scents?

In August 2016, Chris Kelly visited the Monell Center to speak with scientists and physicians about smell training, and conduct a workshop for recovering anosmics. Chris lost her sense of smell in 2012, and credits smell training with helping to restore some of her olfactory world. In this video, Chris presents a summary of the smell training workshop. Chris's smell training technique is suitable for acquired anosmics, either viral or TBI, who have regained the ability to perceive some low level of odor. It will be most useful if you are able to say “this smell” is different from “that smell,” even if you can’t identify either odor. Visit www.monell.org/research/anosmia for more information about Monell's anosmia research program.