Sniffin’ Sticks test

Hummel, T., Sekinger, B., Wolf, S. R., Pauli, E., Kobal, G., 1997. "Sniffin Sticks Olfactory Performance Assessed by the Combined Testing of Odor Identification, Odor Discrimination and Olfactory Threshold." Chemical Senses, 22 39-52. 

The European Test of Olfactory Capabilities (ETOC) (Thomas-Dangnin et al., 2003) or Sniffin Sticks (Hummel et al., 1997). These tests screen for olfactory impairment. The ETOC test consists of 16 blocks of four vials presented one by one to the participants. Only one vial of the four in the block contains an odorant. For each block, participants are asked to point out the odorous vial (forced-choice detection task) and then to identify the odour by choosing a name for the odour out of four proposals (forced-choice identification task). Sniffin Sticks comprises three tests of olfactory function odour threshold (n-butanol), odour discrimination (16 pairs of odorants) and odour forced-choice identification (16 common odorants). 

Three European olfactory tests, developed in different European countries for clinical purposes, were used [9]. The first, known as Sniffin Sticks [10], was developed in Germany. The second test was the Scandinavian Odor... 

The Scandinavian Odor Identification Test (SOIT) relies on odor identification alone. The testing proeedure is the same as the one used in the Sniffin Sticks identification task. 

Sniffin Sticks SOIT Lyon Clinical Olfactory Test ... 

Threshold tasks were involved in two of the tests Sniffin Sticks and the LCOT. 

T Hummel, B Sekinger, SR Wolf, E Pauli, G Kobal. Sniffin Sticks Olfactory performance assessed by the combined testing odor identification, odor discrimination and olfactory threshold. Chem Senses 22 39-52, 1997. 

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