Sniffin' Sticks and Scentsor for integrating the “forgotten sense” into everyday practice
The sense of smell has been one of the most neglected of the 5 human senses, perhaps due to its intangible, amorphous, ephemeral and seemingly subjective nature. A survey of the UK public revealed that the sense of smell was valued behind sight, hearing, balance, touch and even taste!1 Smell testin...
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The sense of smell has been one of the most neglected of the 5 human senses, perhaps due to its intangible, amorphous, ephemeral and seemingly subjective nature. A survey of the UK public revealed that the sense of smell was valued behind sight, hearing, balance, touch and even taste!1 Smell testing has also been traditionally sidelined compared to testing of vision, hearing and balance, and is limited mostly to research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-42f91dc170d24059a50bce42d15635eb2025-08-20T03:17:19ZengAcademy of Medicine SingaporeAnnals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore2972-40662025-06-0132532610.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2025123Sniffin' Sticks and Scentsor for integrating the “forgotten sense” into everyday practiceAbhilash BalakrishnanNeville Wei Yang TeoShuhui Xu The sense of smell has been one of the most neglected of the 5 human senses, perhaps due to its intangible, amorphous, ephemeral and seemingly subjective nature. A survey of the UK public revealed that the sense of smell was valued behind sight, hearing, balance, touch and even taste!1 Smell testing has also been traditionally sidelined compared to testing of vision, hearing and balance, and is limited mostly to research.https://annals.edu.sg/sniffin-sticks-and-scentsor-for-integrating-the-forgotten-sense-into-everyday-practice/ |
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