A comparison between sniffing and blowing for olfactory testing before and after laryngectomy.

Yukio NishiyaEri MoriTaisuke AkutsuNaohiro TakeshitaHisashi KessokuEiji ShimuraNobuyoshi Otori

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2022)

While we could not prove normal olfaction in patients after laryngectomy, the odour-blowing test was superior to the odour-sniffing test in detecting patients with residual olfaction. Simply blowing a scent is insufficient to obtain good olfaction; active airflow is crucial for recognizing odours.

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