caa a22 4500 44580887X CHVBK 20180317145205.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00415-010-5763-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00415-010-5763-5 A study about the frequency of taste disorders [Elektronische Daten] [Antje Welge-Lüssen, Patrick Dörig, Markus Wolfensberger, Franziska Krone, Thomas Hummel] Although 5% of the general population exhibit a functional anosmia, little is known about the frequency of gustatory disorders. Whenever taste function has been tested within large sociodemographic studies, so far only short test versions were applied making the interpretation difficult. Using two psychophysical taste tests, the validated "taste strips” and suprathreshold taste solutions of the four basic tastes sweet, sour, salty and bitter we investigated 761 healthy subjects within the age range of 5-89years. Prior to testing, all subjects rated their taste function. According to testing with the taste strips, 5.3% scored below the result considered as hypogeusia. All four taste sprays were correctly identified by 82.3% of all subjects. Results of the two taste tests correlated positively (r=0.33, p<0.001), and there was a significant negative correlation between age and test results. However, we never observed complete ageusia. Misinterpretations of tastes were surprisingly common. In summary, hypogeusia was present in 5% while complete ageusia seems to be very rare, in contrast to misinterpretations of tastes. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Taste nationallicence Disorder nationallicence Frequency nationallicence Taste strips nationallicence Misinterpretation nationallicence Welge-Lüssen Antje Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland aut Dörig Patrick Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland aut Wolfensberger Markus Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland aut Krone Franziska Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany aut Hummel Thomas Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany aut Journal of Neurology Springer-Verlag 258/3(2011-03-01), 386-392 0340-5354 258:3<386 2011 258 415 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5763-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-010-5763-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Welge-Lüssen Antje Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dörig Patrick Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wolfensberger Markus Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krone Franziska Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hummel Thomas Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Dresden Medical School, Dresden, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Neurology Springer-Verlag 258/3(2011-03-01), 386-392 0340-5354 258:3<386 2011 258 415 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer