Schuster B, Iannilli E, Gudziol V, Landis B N
Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany.
B-ENT. 2009;5 Suppl 13:109-13.
Gustatory testing for clinicians. By contrast with the evaluation of olfactory function, which has been standardised for almost two decades, the clinical assessment of gustatory function with psychophysical and objective testing is still in its infancy. This overview will attempt to summarise the knowledge that is important for clinicians in the awareness that progress in the field is ongoing. We focus on psychophysical testing but also discuss some recent achievements in the area of objective taste testing. There are now validated tests available for simple quick scans of gustatory function but debate continues about the extent to which such tests can be used for medico-legal purposes. In addition to emerging measures such as gustatory event-related potentials and functional imaging, routine objective gustatory testing will be needed in the future.
临床医生的味觉测试。与已经标准化了近二十年的嗅觉功能评估相比，通过心理物理学和客观测试对味觉功能进行的临床评估仍处于起步阶段。本综述将尝试总结对临床医生而言重要的知识，同时意识到该领域仍在不断取得进展。我们重点关注心理物理学测试，但也会讨论客观味觉测试领域的一些最新成果。目前已有经过验证的测试可用于对味觉功能进行简单快速的扫描，但对于此类测试可用于医学法律目的的程度仍存在争议。除了诸如味觉事件相关电位和功能成像等新兴测量方法外，未来还需要进行常规的客观味觉测试。
