Editing Agnosia (section)

==Treatment==
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 agnosia. In some cases, [[occupational therapy]] or [[speech therapy]] can improve agnosia, depending on its cause.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Initially many individuals with a form of agnosia 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.<ref name="M.S.Burns (2004)" />

===Verbal strategies===

Using verbal descriptions may be helpful for individuals with certain types of agnosia.  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.<ref name="M.S.Burns (2004)" />

===Alternate cues===

Alternate cues may be particularly useful to an individual with environmental agnosia or prosopagnosia.  Alternate cues for an individual with environmental agnosia may include color cues or [[somatosensory system|tactile]] markers to symbolize a new room or to remember an area by.  Prosopagnosics may use alternate visual cues such as a scar on an individual's face or crooked teeth, or cues from other senses, like the sound of an individual's voice, in order to recognize the individual.<ref name="M.S.Burns (2004)" /> Hair color and length can be helpful cues as well.<ref name="Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange"/>

===Organizational strategies===

Organizational strategies may be extremely helpful for an individual with visual agnosia.  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.<ref name="M.S.Burns (2004)" />

===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 disease]]s like agnosia.<ref name="NINDS Agnosia Information Page" /> Some organizations that are recruiting for trials are using [[ClinicalTrials.gov|clincaltrials.gov]] and give status updates on the trials.<ref name="ClinicalTrials.gov">{{cite web|title= ClinicalTrials.gov|url=https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=agnosia+&Search=Search }}</ref>