Francesca Bisulli, a neurologist at IRCCS who has started a study on this issue, said in an interview with Rest of the Carlino that it is normal not to smell and taste even after healing. “The complete absence of smell, anosmia, it usually does not go beyond 13-14 monthsbut sometimes a reduced perception of smell, called hyposmia, may remain it persists even after 18-20 months. Some people also report the distorted perception of odorsparosmia: for example, instead of the aroma of coffee they smell a burning smell ”