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ArticleJournal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2022

Odour detection in children and young people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

Geneviève Petitpierre, Juliane Dind, Catherine De Blasio, Germaine Gremaud

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Article in Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Characteristics of pediatric olfactory airflow based on computational fluid dynamics analysis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  4. Odour detection in children and young people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Geneviève PetitpierreDepartment of Special Education, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3353-897X
Juliane DindDepartment of Special Education, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8378-5944
Catherine De BlasioDepartment of Special Education, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Germaine GremaudDepartment of Special Education, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
University of Fribourg · CH

Funding

Givaudan FoundationStiftung Heilpädagogisches Zentrum [Special needs educational Foundation]
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOlfaction provides information on very important dimensions of the environment; however the olfactory abilities of children and young people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) remain largely unknown. This within-subjects study explores olfactory detection abilities in children with PIMD.

methodTwenty-two children and young people with PIMD (7-18 years) were presented with 18 medium intensity odours and an odourless control stimulus. Odorants were presented one by one in a randomised order. The neutral stimulus was presented prior to each odorant. Participants' responses were measured using 21 behavioural indicators.

resultsResults show that participants make a clear distinction between odorous and neutral conditions, between food and non-food, and between pleasant and unpleasant odours. The detection abilities are manifested by several behaviours, in particular by the duration of the head alignment on the odorant.

conclusionsThis study shows that participants detect the stimuli and act differently depending on the category.

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Intellectual DisabilityPersons with DisabilitiesAdolescentChildEmotionsHumansOdorantsSmellodourolfactionprofound intellectual and multiple disabilitiessensory behaviour

Identifiers

PMID34859541
PMCPMC9299868
OpenAlexW3217021828

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