Type of odor identification card used, as part of the NIH Toolbox Sensation Domain Olfaction Measure Odor Identification Test

Ages of 3 and 9 years: Items 1 to 6 were administered and Five odor cards. Ages of 10 and 85 years: Items 1 to 10 were administered to individuals and nine odor cards, while those ages 3-9 are administered five odor cards

2016-06-08

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC36623 to 7 and http://www.nihtoolbox.org/HowDoI/TechnicalManual/Technical%20Manual%20sections/Toolbox%20Odor%20Identification%20Test%20Technical%20Manual.pdf

Ages of 3-9 years: The examiner will scratch the card and hand it to the participant, saying: I am going to give you some stickers to smell. After you have smelled the sticker, click on the picture that shows what you just smelled. If you want to change your choice, click on the hand, also called the GO BACK button. Lets begin. If the participant is having difficulty using the mouse, the examiner may operate the mouse and the child can point. Ages group of 10 - 85 years: 1) Before beginning the task, the examiner says: This task involves smelling various odors, one at a time, and then trying to identify them. The odors that you will smell are chosen from a variety of foods and objects that people experience in everyday life. We are using scratch n sniff cards to present the odors. 2) The examiner continues: Take this scratcher and scratch the first card; smell it right after you scratch it, then look at the pictures on the screen. Click on the picture that best shows the odor that you smelled on the card. A new set of pictures will then appear on the screen and you will be asked to identify the odor on the next card. If you want to change your last answer, click on the GO BACK button. 3) The examiner should repeat this sequence of handing the cards to the participant to scratch, smell, and identify until all the cards have been used. For each trial, or as needed, repeat what was said above: Take this scratcher and scratch this card; smell it, then look at the pictures on the screen. Click on the picture that best shows the odor that you smelled on the card. If you want to go back to change your last answer, click on the GO BACK button. 4) When the participant has completed all nine cards, say: You have finished this activity.

Tue May 08 11:25:28 EDT 2018

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Smilee Samuel

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NIH/CIT/BRICS

Olga Vovk

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