Fahmy Miriam, Whitcroft Katherine
ENT Department, Pinderfields Hospital, Mid Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust, Wakefield, UK.
Wrexham, UK.
Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep. 2022;10(4):393-404. doi: 10.1007/s40136-022-00429-y. Epub 2022 Sep 13.
To provide an overview of psychophysical testing in olfaction and gustation.
Subjective patient report correlates poorly with objective assessment of olfaction and gustation. It is therefore important that clinicians and researchers perform psychophysical testing during chemosensory assessment. There are several validated psychophysical tests of olfaction and gustation, with ongoing developments accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. These tests have been culturally and linguistically adapted globally. Screening tests have been developed with careful consideration to distinguish normosmics from those with olfactory dysfunction.
Validated chemosensory tools are available for use by the clinician to support screening, diagnosis, or monitoring. There are promising advances in self-assessment and screening that provide avenues for the development of a standardised pathway for identification and formal assessment of patients with smell and taste disorders.
概述嗅觉和味觉的心理物理学测试。
患者的主观报告与嗅觉和味觉的客观评估相关性较差。因此，临床医生和研究人员在化学感觉评估期间进行心理物理学测试很重要。有几种经过验证的嗅觉和味觉心理物理学测试，新冠疫情加速了相关测试的持续发展。这些测试已在全球范围内进行了文化和语言方面的调整。已经开发出筛查测试，并经过仔细考量以区分嗅觉正常者和嗅觉功能障碍者。
临床医生可使用经过验证的化学感觉工具来支持筛查、诊断或监测。自我评估和筛查方面有一些很有前景的进展，为制定标准化途径以识别和正式评估嗅觉和味觉障碍患者提供了途径。
