For all practical purposes, there is no direct cure. Patients may improve if information is presented in other modalities than the damaged one. Different types of therapies can help to reverse the effects of<unk> . In some cases, occupational therapy or speech therapy can improve<unk> , depending on its cause. Initially many individuals with a form of<unk>  are unaware of the extent to which they have either a perceptual or recognition deficit. This may be caused by anosognosia which is the lack of awareness of a deficit. This lack of awareness usually leads to a form of denial and resistance to any form of help or treatment. There are various methods that can be used which can help the individual recognize the impairment in perception or recognition that they may have. A patient can be presented with a stimulus to the impaired modality only to help increase their awareness of their deficit. Alternatively, a task can be broken down into its component parts so that the individual can see each part of the problem caused by the deficit. Once the individual acknowledges their perceptual or recognition deficit, a form of treatment may be recommended. There are various forms of treatment such as compensatory strategies with alternate modalities, verbal strategies, alternate cues and organizational strategies. Verbal strategies Using verbal descriptions may be helpful for individuals with certain types of<unk> . Individuals such as prosopagnosics may find it useful to listen to a description of their friend or family member and recognize them based on this description more easily than through visual cues. Alternate cues Alternate cues may be particularly useful to an individual with environmental<unk>  or prosopagnosia. Alternate cues for an individual with environmental<unk>  may include color cues or tactile markers to symbolize a new room or to remember an area by. Prosopagnosics may use alternate cues such as a scar on an individual's face or crooked teeth in order to recognize the individual. Hair color and length can be helpful cues as well. Organizational strategies Organizational strategies may be extremely helpful for an individual with visual<unk> . For example, organizing clothes according to different hangers provides tactile cues for the individual, making it easier to identify certain forms of clothing as opposed to relying solely on visual cues. Alternative medicine These strategies elicit the use of an unaffected modality. For example, visual<unk> s can use tactile information in replacement of visual information. Alternatively, an individual with prosopagnosia can use auditory information in order to replace visual information. For example, an individual with prosopagnosia can wait for someone to speak, and will usually recognize the individual from their speech. Current research There are clinical trials being done to further research for treatments. At the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) they support research for rare diseases like<unk> . Some organizations that are recruiting for trials are using clincaltrials.gov and give status updates on the trials.
Agnosia
Social-emotional agnosia
Musical anhedonia
Anosognosia
Apophlegmatism
Hypersexuality
Dysgraphia
Sexual anhedonia