Strategies for Prosopagnosia

An individual can be born with face blindness that apparently cannot be cured. It may be acquired after damage to the occipital or parietal areas of the brain and there is no garantee that it can be reversed. In the case of long COVID, the virus may attack an area of the brain related to facial recognition. It is not yet known whether the ability can return with recovery from long COVID (as had happened with the senses of smell and taste). Meantime there are strategies that can help. If friends are with you, they can perhaps tell you who the individual is, or you can learn to identify the person based on the type of glasses they wear, hairstyle, unusual facial features, or location where you typically meet them. The sound of the person’s voice or information revealed through conversation may also be helpful. You can also just be honest and say, “Please remind me how we know each other because I have prosopagnosia and cannot recognize faces."  Likely that would be the route I would take.

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