Berling Katarina, Knutsson Johan, Rosenblad Andreas, von Unge Magnus
Center for Clinical Research, County Council of Västmanland and Uppsala University, Västerås, Sweden.
Acta Otolaryngol. 2011 May;131(5):488-93. doi: 10.3109/00016489.2010.535850. Epub 2011 Mar 10.
The results indicate that electrogustometry and the filter paper disc method are reliable methods to measure taste with a high degree of reproducibility.
To thoroughly evaluate the reliability of electrogustometry and the filter paper disc method for taste assessments.
Thirty-nine healthy test persons without any history of chronic middle ear disease, aged between 27 and 62 years, were recruited. In all, 772 electrogustometry and 30 filter paper disc assessments were made. A nerve decay test was performed, with measures taken before and after eating sweet, sour, bitter, salt, a mild or spicy meal, after smoking, and after taking Swedish tobacco snuff ('snus'), as well as before and after local anesthesia of the tongue. Measurements were performed on 5 consecutive days and repeatedly during 1 day. The correlation between electrogustometry and the filter paper disc method was also studied.
The results indicate that electrogustometry and the filter paper disc method are reliable methods to measure taste with a high degree of reproducibility. The only actions causing significant changes in the electrogustometry readings were eating a bitter substance and having local anesthesia of the tongue. The correlation between the methods was statistically significant except for the bitter flavor, where the correlation was just below the level of significance.
结果表明，电味觉测试法和滤纸圆盘法是测量味觉的可靠方法，具有高度的可重复性。
全面评估电味觉测试法和滤纸圆盘法用于味觉评估的可靠性。
招募了39名年龄在27至62岁之间、无慢性中耳疾病史的健康受试者。总共进行了772次电味觉测试和30次滤纸圆盘评估。进行了神经衰减测试，在食用甜、酸、苦、咸、微辣或辛辣食物后、吸烟后、使用瑞典鼻烟后以及舌部局部麻醉前后进行测量。在连续5天内进行测量，并在1天内重复测量。还研究了电味觉测试法和滤纸圆盘法之间的相关性。
结果表明，电味觉测试法和滤纸圆盘法是测量味觉的可靠方法，具有高度的可重复性。导致电味觉测试读数发生显著变化的唯一行为是食用苦味物质和舌部局部麻醉。除苦味外，两种方法之间的相关性具有统计学意义，苦味的相关性略低于显著水平。
