Recovery rates of persistent post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction using psychophysical assessment: A longitudinal cohort study.
Jeremy P TervoPatricia T JacobsonBrandon J VilarelloTiana M SaakFrancesco F CaruanaLiam W GallagherJoseph B GaryDavid A GudisPaule V JosephD P DevanandTerry E GoldbergJonathan B OverdevestPublished in: World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery (2024)
OD persists in a significant number of patients who fail to acutely recovery their sense of smell after COVID-19, with many demonstrating lingering deficits at 1-year. Improvements in threshold, but not discrimination or identification, most significantly mediate improvement of total TDI score at follow-up.