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SOSI White Paper:
Quality of Life in Olfactory Dysfunction |
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Olfactory testing
Olfactory testing appears to be of particular importance in light of the fact that often olfactory loss appears to go unnoticed 10, 11, 61. During the last decade standardized tests of olfactory function have been developed (e.g., The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) [a "scratch and sniff" odor identification test] 62; "Sniffin' Sticks" [pen-like odor dispensing devices which include tests for odor identification, discrimination, and thresholds] 63; or the CCCRC test [a combined odor identification and odor threshold test] 64). Specialized testing may include EEG-derived measures such as the recording of olfactory event-related potentials. These responses appear to be especially helpful in cases where anosmia needs to be definitively verified, or when it comes to research issues in terms of the processing of odorous information 65.
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