ArticleWorld journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery2018
Measurement of chemosensory function.
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- The Unmet Need of Olfactory Testing in Inflammatory Disorders of the Upper Airways-An EAACI Position Paper.Allergy · 2026Review
- Comparison of techniques for the evaluation of taste sensitivity.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Interplay of Sweet Taste Perception andInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry · 2026Article
- Alpha-synuclein pathology and Parkinson's disease-related olfactory dysfunctions: an update on preclinical models and therapeutic approaches.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025Review
- Sensory Insights in Aging: Exploring the Impact on Improving Dietary Through Sensory Enhancement.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Identification of the needs of individuals affected by COVID-19.Communications medicine · 2024Article
- Systematic review: Validity, reliability, and diagnostic accuracy of the electrogustometer.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Review
- Taste loss in cancer patients: clinicians' perceptions of educational materials and diagnostic tools.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Olfactory Dysfunction: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023Review
- Examining the Influence of Chemosensation on Laryngeal Health and Disorders.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2023Review
- [The application of waterless empirical taste test（WETTLin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2023Article
- Chemosensory Dysfunction in Long-Term COVID-19 Assessed by Self-Reported and Direct Psychophysical Methods.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Umami and Other Taste Perceptions in Patients With Parkinson's Disease.Journal of movement disorders · 2022Article
- Assessment of Taste Function.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2022Article
- Not Only COVID-19: Involvement of Multiple Chemosensory Systems in Human Diseases.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Review
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Impact of Very Hot Drink Consumption Habits, Age, and Sex, on Taste Sensitivity.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Prospective observational evaluation of radiation-induced late taste impairment kinetics in oropharyngeal cancer patients: Potential for improvement over time?Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2020Article
- Potential Mechanisms for COVID-19 Induced Anosmia and Dysgeusia.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Although hundreds of thousands of patients seek medical help annually for disorders of taste and smell, relatively few medical practitioners quantitatively test their patients' chemosensory function, taking their complaints at face value. This is clearly not the approach paid to patients complaining of visual, hearing, or balance problems. Accurate chemosensory testing is essential to establish the nature, degree, and veracity of a patient's complaint, as well as to aid in counseling and in monitoring the effectiveness of treatment strategies and decisions. In many cases, patients perseverate on chemosensory loss that objective assessment demonstrates has resolved. In other cases, patients are malingering. Olfactory testing is critical for not only establishing the validity and degree of the chemosensory dysfunction, but for helping patients place their dysfunction into perspective relative to the function of their peer group. It is well established, for example, that olfactory dysfunction is the rule, rather than the exception, in members of the older population. Moreover, it is now apparent that such dysfunction can be an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Importantly, older anosmics are three times more likely to die over the course of an ensuring five-year period than their normosmic peers, a situation that may be averted in some cases by appropriate nutritional and safety counseling. This review provides the clinician, as well as the academic and industrial researcher, with an overview of the available means for accurately assessing smell and taste function, including up-to-date information and normative data for advances in this field.
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