There is a test that evaluates a person's ability to correctly identify sweet, bitter and salty. I can't remember the name of it, I think it is for post TBI patients. Basically, it is part of a larger group of tests, but the taste part of the evaluation involves occluding the vision of the evaluee and I think putting a small measured amout of salt, alumn(?) and sugar on the persons tongue. They are then asked if they can correctly identify the taste. There may be a sequence to the flavors.
I think a similar, simple checklist test that just documents someone's ability to correctly identify each taste (provided your incumbents get 100% right!) would be sufficient. If need be I could make a call or two and see if I can find out the name of the evaluation, although, I don't think you want to spend that kind of time with the whole evaluation, when "keeping in functional" and work relevant is the key. Let me know if I can help out in some way. We performed this evaluation as part of our OT corriculum.
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There is a test that evaluates a person's ability to correctly identify sweet, bitter and salty. I can't remember the name of it, I think it is for post TBI patients. Basically, it is part of a larger group of tests, but the taste part of the evaluation involves occluding the vision of the evaluee and I think putting a small measured amout of salt, alumn(?) and sugar on the persons tongue. They are then asked if they can correctly identify the taste. There may be a sequence to the flavors.
I think a similar, simple checklist test that just documents someone's ability to correctly identify each taste (provided your incumbents get 100% right!) would be sufficient. If need be I could make a call or two and see if I can find out the name of the evaluation, although, I don't think you want to spend that kind of time with the whole evaluation, when "keeping in functional" and work relevant is the key. Let me know if I can help out in some way. We performed this evaluation as part of our OT corriculum.
Jim