Fig. 6: Implementation through informative feedback. | Communications Medicine

Fig. 6: Implementation through informative feedback.

From: An olfactory self-test effectively screens for COVID-19

Fig. 6: Implementation through informative feedback.

At the end of a ~5 min interaction, participants are informed as to what extent their sense of smell resembles a C19+ or C19− participant. The above depiction is an anecdotal actual case of an individual who was C19+, but completely subjectively unaware of any olfactory loss or impairment. Nevertheless, based on the olfactory perceptual fingerprint (OPF), our algorithm determined that this individual was 82.04% C19+. This implies a useful implementation of our tool.

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