Taste and Smell Disorders
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Our senses of taste and smell give us great pleasure. Taste helps us enjoy food and beverages. Smell lets us enjoy the scents and fragrances like roses or coffee. Taste and smell also protect us, letting us know when food has gone bad or when there is a gas leak. They make us want to eat, ensuring we get the nutrition we need.
People with taste disorders may taste things that aren't there, may not be able to tell the difference in tastes or can't taste at all. People with smell disorders may lose their sense of smell, or things may smell different. A smell they once enjoyed may now smell bad to them.
Many illnesses and injuries can cause taste and smell disorders, including colds and head injuries. Some drugs can also affect taste and smell. Most people lose some ability to taste and smell as they get older. Treatment varies, depending on the problem and its cause.
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Fauquier ENT Consultants in October 2005 and enjoys treating
all aspects of the head and neck of all different ages from pediatrics
to adults. He has a particularly keen interest in surgical treatment for
obstructive sleep apnea as well as professional voice care
from operatic singers to the lecturing professor whether the complaint
be a weaker than normal voice to sudden pitch breaks or onset delays of
only the upper singing vocal range. Complete care from diagnosis to
voice therapy to surgical correction of vocal problems are provided. Additionally, he is the founder of the Virginia Voice & Speech Center.
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Maurits S. Boon, MD
Maurits S. Boon, MD is double boarded in ENT (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery) as well as Sleep Medicine. He practices in the department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr.Boon specializes in voice & swallowing, snoring and sleep disorders, as well as sinus conditions. Dr. Boon has been awarded the "Top Doctors in Philadelphia" honor by the Philadelphia Magazine in 2011.
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Maurits S. Boon, MD
Maurits S. Boon, MD is double boarded in ENT (Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery) as well as Sleep Medicine. He practices in the department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr.Boon specializes in voice & swallowing, snoring and sleep disorders, as well as sinus conditions. Dr. Boon has been awarded the "Top Doctors in Philadelphia" honor by the Philadelphia Magazine in 2011.
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Fauquier ENT Consultants in October 2005 and enjoys treating
all aspects of the head and neck of all different ages from pediatrics
to adults. He has a particularly keen interest in surgical treatment for
obstructive sleep apnea as well as professional voice care
from operatic singers to the lecturing professor whether the complaint
be a weaker than normal voice to sudden pitch breaks or onset delays of
only the upper singing vocal range. Complete care from diagnosis to
voice therapy to surgical correction of vocal problems are provided. Additionally, he is the founder of the Virginia Voice & Speech Center.
" />Chris Chang, MD
Dr. Chang is a Yale and Duke-trained Board-Certified Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgeon with fellowship training in laryngology and voice disorders (one of only a few laryngologists in the mid-Atlantic USA). He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and is actively involved in medical research in this specialty field. In 2008, he was named as one of America's Top Physicians by the Consumer's Research Council of America as well as Northern Virginia Top Doctor in 2011.
He joined Fauquier ENT Consultants in October 2005 and enjoys treating all aspects of the head and neck of all different ages from pediatrics to adults. He has a particularly keen interest in surgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea as well as professional voice care from operatic singers to the lecturing professor whether the complaint be a weaker than normal voice to sudden pitch breaks or onset delays of only the upper singing vocal range. Complete care from diagnosis to voice therapy to surgical correction of vocal problems are provided. Additionally, he is the founder of the Virginia Voice & Speech Center.
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