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Living with face blindness
When faces are a blur
People with prosopagnosia have to learn other ways to recognise people, such as by their voice or hairstyle, or the way they walk
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It is hard for Ms Sheryl to recognise her relatives when she sees them at gatherings held two to three times a year.
"Sometimes, I have to look at their hair, or listen to the way they speak and pick up on certain unique things they usually say, before the familiarity sets in," says the 28-year-old, who is unemployed and declined to share her surname.
