A key concern of both the patient and physician is whether treatment is available that will
eliminate or quell a given chemosensory disturbance. In cases where obvious oral, nasal, or …

Background The sense of taste is very much essential to the overall health of an individual. It
is a necessary component to enjoy one's food, which in turn provides nutrition to an …

Smell and taste disorders can markedly affect the quality of life. In recent years we have
become much better in the assessment of the ability to smell and taste. In addition …

Background The negative consequences of olfactory dysfunction for the quality of life are not
widely appreciated and the condition is therefore often ignored or trivialized. Methods 1,000 …

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the sixth most common human malignancy with a global
incidence of 650,000 cases per year. Radiotherapy (RT) is commonly used as an effective …

Purpose To describe systematic methods developed over 40 years among over 5000
patients at The Taste and Smell Clinic in Washington, DC to evaluate taste and smell …

In this paper, we introduce a new technology, which allows people to share taste and smell
sensations digitally with a remote person through existing networking technologies such as …

For the visual and auditory senses, an array of studies has reported on neuronal
reorganization processes after sensory loss. In contrast to this, neuroplasticity has been …

Importance Olfaction is a complex sensory process that has not been fully studied. Elevated
plasma levels of interleukin 6 (IL-6) have been found in patients with several acute and …

Background Taste disorder is a frequent drug-induced or disease-related oral trouble.
Various pharmacological, surgical, or physical treatments have previously been proposed …