For the Clinical
evaluation of olfaction
in a wide variety of patients.
- Places minimal dependence on language, cognitive ability, memory, and odor naming ability.
- Differentiates between deficits caused by a loss of primary sensory input and those caused by higher-order processing associated with troposmia, phantosmia, and olfactory agnosia.
- Is not affected by deficits in memory or attention in older adults.
- Provides a quantified measure of olfactory function.
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The SMT measures olfactory function not
influenced by cognitive problems. |
Sniff magnitude ratios are calculated as the ratio of average sniff magnitude (area under the sniff curve) to malodor, divided by the average sniff magnitude to a null odor. A pleasant odor canister is provided to evaluate possible anosmia to the malodor.
