The development of the olfactory screening test gives to the physician a fast and easy instrument to assess olfactory function. This study evaluated the odor identifiability and familiarity to the 12 items of the Sniffin’ Sticks Screening (SSS) test in 102 Italian normal subjects (54 female and 48 male) with an age range 13-88 (mean age 46.4) classified as normosmics. The SSS test is an olfactory identification multiple-forced-choice test widely diffuse in Europe. The Italian subjects showed a high familiarity for the odorants of the SSS test except for the cloves even if 89.3% of the subjects correctly identified it with the aim of the four possible choices. Our results suggest the clinical routine use of the SSS test in the Italian population to assess olfactory function.
Olfactory screening test: experience in 102 Italian subjects
EIBENSTEIN, ALBERTO;FUSETTI, Marco
2005-01-01
Abstract
The development of the olfactory screening test gives to the physician a fast and easy instrument to assess olfactory function. This study evaluated the odor identifiability and familiarity to the 12 items of the Sniffin’ Sticks Screening (SSS) test in 102 Italian normal subjects (54 female and 48 male) with an age range 13-88 (mean age 46.4) classified as normosmics. The SSS test is an olfactory identification multiple-forced-choice test widely diffuse in Europe. The Italian subjects showed a high familiarity for the odorants of the SSS test except for the cloves even if 89.3% of the subjects correctly identified it with the aim of the four possible choices. Our results suggest the clinical routine use of the SSS test in the Italian population to assess olfactory function.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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