AbScent Presents AbScent UK

AbScent's Chrissi talks to Bradley Goldstein, Associate Professor at Duke University in North Caroline, USA, about his latest research into smell loss post Covid. Bradley, along with a team of scientists, found the reason some people may fail to recover their sense of smell after Covid infection is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells.

Chrissi talks to Paola Totaro, an award-winning journalist about the updated paperback edition of her book 'On The Scent' which has just been released. Paola lost her sense of smell to Covid in March 2020, and in this episode she debunks the 'six month recovery' period for smell loss, how fluctuations can be reassuring and digs deeper into what phantosmia means.

AbScent founder, Chrissi, talks with Simon Gane, Consultant Rhinologist and ENT Surgeon at the Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat and Eastman Dental Hospitals. He is also the ENT surgeon for Moorfields Eye Hospitals.

In this episode, Simon answers questions from our Network members including "will I lose my sense of smell if I catch Covid again" and "what is the average timespan for parosmia recovery post Covid infection".

Dr Stephanie Hunter is a researcher at Monell Chemical Sciences Center and recipient of AbScent’s first research grant.She shares the latest findings from her research into the role of capsaicin in increasing the enjoyment of food for those living with smell loss.

Johannes Frasnelli is a Professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He shares with Chrissi his latest research into olfactory bulb volume during sommelier trainng and the importance of regular smell training after smell loss.

Ella talks to chef and food writer, Elaine. She shares how she first developed smell loss and how the challenging symptoms of parosmia affected her career. However, Elaine is now in a place where she is not 'triggered' by particular foods and describes recovery as 'regaining confidence in the smells she works with'.