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Losing one's sense of smell can be a very traumatic personal injury. We rely on our olfactory sense in ways that most of us take for granted. Smell plays vital functions in our emotional lives, love lives, pneumonic ability and, inevitably, our ability to taste food..
In fact, being able to smell is also vital in protecting ourselves from personal injury. The ability to detect odours can prevent us from consuming poisonous substances; it also enables to detect smoke. Quite simply, without a developed olfactory sense, the human race would never have been able to prosper and develop.
Yet, the effect of losing one's sense of smell is not restricted to the practical; it can also have profound psychological consequences. It can remove much of the aesthetic pleasure derived from everyday life. Those who suffer this form of injury often remark on the emotional pain they feel at losing the olfactory poetry of the simplest smells, whether it is the waft of a Sunday roast or the scent of a rose.
Scientists engaged in the study of the loss of smell use various terms to describe the relative severity of the condition. Complete loss of smell is referred to as anosmia; partial loss of smell is hyposmia; while distortion of smell perception is usually called dysosmia.
There are three common causes of this type of injury: head injury, upper respiratory infection and nasal or sinus disease. Generally speaking, it is only head injury sufferers who will find themselves eligible to receive accident compensation for their injury. However, medications may sometimes cause the injury, in which cases product liability or medical negligence compensation may be payable.
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If you have suffered anosmia, dysosmia or hyposmia in circumstances that you believe to be attributable to the negligent actions of another party, it may be possible to claim compensation.
The advisors on our team can help you establish whether it might be in your interests to pursue a claim, without obligation or pressure.
Should you then wish to proceed, we can then ensure you are represented by a no win, no fee solicitor from one of our panel firms.
All our solicitors are selected to ensure they meet the YouClaim standard of excellence. As part of this standard they must meet our commitment to a cost free service (for all claims except those involving cases of medical negligence), deliver 100% compensation in a won case and be governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
If you would like to find out more about claiming compensation for your personal injury, simply echat, complete an online claim form or call us today, on 0800 10 757 95.
