Anosmia Treatment: Improving Sense of Smell with Neurofeedback

While the loss, or reduction, in specific senses is common with age, there are some sensory complications we generally do not expect to experience. A rare complication involving a dysfunction of the senses may come in the condition known as anosmia, or the loss of the sense of smell.

With the loss of the sense of smell, you can expect there will be a loss in your sense of taste as well. While some cases of anosmia are temporary, there are many cases that are permanent dysfunctions, often with no underlying cause or origin. With over five million receptor cells located within the nasal cavity, individuals with anosmia continue to search for ways in which to stimulate the restoration of the sense of smell.

Fro some patients, the use of neurofeedback is providing great outcomes in the restoration of smell. As a non-invasive procedure, using very low levels of electromagnetic activity, the individual who suffers from anosmia may find improvement in the symptoms in as few as 20 sessions. If you suffer from loss of smell, ask your doctor about the use of neurofeedback in your treatment and rehabilitation.

Once approved for neurofeedback treatment, during your session the therapist will ask that you sit quietly with your eyes closed. Placing electrodes onto the head, your therapist will send very small doses of electromagnetic signals to the brain, promoting flexibility and stimulating the brain to perform normal functions again. As a treatment that has shown success in managing complications of epilepsy, ADHD, autism and even juvenile offender cognitive processing, individuals who suffer from brain complications in the loss of smell may soon find their nasal receptors are re-activated.