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, T. Hummel 1 Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg KrankenhausstraBe 9, 91054 Erlangen, Germany 4 Smell and Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Correspondence to be sent to: Dr Thomas Hummel, Smell and Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic B. Sekinger 1 Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg KrankenhausstraBe 9, 91054 Erlangen, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic S.R. Wolf 2 Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg WaldstraBe 1, 91054 Erlangen, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic E. Pauli 3 Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Schwabachanlage 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic G. Kobal 1 Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg KrankenhausstraBe 9, 91054 Erlangen, Germany Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic
Chemical Senses, Volume 22, Issue 1, February 1997, Pages 39–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/22.1.39
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01 February 1997
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23 April 1996
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07 October 1996
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01 February 1997
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T. Hummel, B. Sekinger, S.R. Wolf, E. Pauli, G. Kobal, ‘Sniffin’ Sticks': Olfactory Performance Assessed by the Combined Testing of Odor Identification, Odor Discrimination and Olfactory Threshold, Chemical Senses, Volume 22, Issue 1, February 1997, Pages 39–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/chemse/22.1.39
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‘Sniffin’Sticks’ is a new test of nasal chemosensory performance based on pen-like odor dispensing devices. It comprises three tests of olfactory function, namely tests for odor threshold (n-butanol, testing by means of a single staircase), odor discrimination (16 pairs of odorants, triple forced choice) and odor identification (16 common odorants, multiple forced choice from four verbal items per test odorant). After extensive preliminary investigations the tests were applied to a group of 104 healthy volunteers (52 female, 52 male, mean age 49.5 years, range 18–84 years) in order to establish test-retest reliability and to compare them with an established measure of olfactory performance (the Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center Test, CCCRC). Performance decreased with increasing age of the subjects (P < 0.001). Coefficients of correlation between sessions 1 and 2 were 0.61 for thresholds, 0.54 for discrimination and 0.73 for identification. Butanol thresholds as obtained with the CCCRC increased as a function of age; this relation to the subjects' age was not found for the CCCRC odor identification task. The test-retest reliability for CCCRC thresholds was 0.36, for odor identification it was 0.60. It is concluded that ‘Sniffin’ Sticks’ may be suited for the routine clinical assessment of olfactory performance. Chem Senses 22: 39–52, 1997.
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