BACKGROUND Olfactory disorders are common complaints in ENT clinics. We investigated causes and relevant features of olfactory disorders and the need for gustatory testing in patients with olfactory dysfunction. MATERIAL/METHODS A total of 140 patients seeking medical consultations were enrolled. All patients were asked about their olfactory disorders in a structured interview of medical hist...

Introduction: The performance in most smell identification tests is subjected to cultural variations. This study aimed to evaluate age, gender, and smoking-related effects on the test performance in the North of Iran.   Materials and Methods: The olfactory function of 1470 eligible subjects was assessed in this study. Moreover, this study evaluated the influence of age, ...

Olfactory disorders may have several causes. Nasal polyposis or chronic sinusitis can result in nasal obstructions that block the access of odorants to the olfactory epithelium, and this can explain the development of olfactory disorders. On the other hand, when nasal endoscopy has revealed that the nasal cleft is free of inflammatory or tumoural disease, olfactory disorders may be explained by...

A near loss of smell may result from conductive and/or neural olfactory disorders. However, an olfactory test to selectively detect neural disorders has not been established. We investigated whether onset latency of sensory response to intravenous odor injection can detect neural disorders in humans and mice. We showed that longer preoperative onset latency of odor recognition to intravenous od...

Disorders, Agents, or Events Associated with Decreased Transport of Taste Stimuli to the Taste Buds, 458 Disorders, Agents, or Events Associated with Damage to Taste Sensorineural Structures, 458 Conclusions, 460 References, 460 Olfactory Dysfunction and Its Causes, 450 Disorders Associated with Decreased Transport of Odorant Molecules to the Olfactory Neuroepithelium,453 Disorders, Agents, or ...

background and aims. the majority of complete denture wearers are old. clinical experience suggests that complete denture wearers have various disorders in their gustatory and olfactory senses due to disturbance of airways between the oral and nasal cavities caused by upper complete denture. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of upper complete denture on gustatory and olfactor...

Olfactory disorders concern many diseases of laryngological, neurological, oncological and gerontological origins, sometimes are one the diagnostic symptoms a serious illness. The aim this article is to describe sense smell (anatomy, physiology, functions, etiology characteristics disorders) and, in particular, present context logopedic theory practice. Speech therapists may inter alia assess f...