Testing Facial Nerves

Technical Notes

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  • Eliminate visual, auditory clues
  • Avoid aromatic or irritating stimuli that may give non-olfactory stimulus and response
  • Ask: "What do you smell?" or with patient's eyes closed ask patient to signal when he/she smells the stimulus

 Links to olfaction information

 Causes of Olfactory Impairment

  • Smoking

  • Traumatic anosmia

  • Meningioma of olfactory groove
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