The most basic type of capo consists of a rubber-coated bar to clamp the strings, and a rubber or elastic band that wraps around the neck to hold it securely. These are small and inexpensive, but require two hands to put on or move around the neck.
1 This may be due to a degeneration of the nerve cells which control smell, together with a loss of sensitivity in oneâs taste buds. 2  Men, regardless of age have a lower ability to distinguish between odors.  Smoking causes damage to the nasal membranes and reduces one's ability to identify odors.
How exactly do your taste buds work? Well, stick out your tongue and look in the mirror. See all those bumps? Those are called papillae (say: puh-PILL-ee), and most of them contain taste buds. Taste buds have very sensitive microscopic hairs called microvilli (say: mye-kro-VILL-eye). Those tiny hairs send messages to the brain about how something tastes, so you know if it's sweet, sour, bitter, or salty. The average person has about 10,000 taste buds and they're replaced every 2 weeks or so. But as a person ages, some of those taste cells don't get replaced. An older person may only have 5,000 working taste buds. That's why certain foods may taste stronger to you than they do to adults. Smoking also can reduce the number of taste buds a person has. But before you give taste buds all the credit for your favorite flavors, it's important to thank your nose.