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UMD: Devices designed to provide a galvanic stimulus resulting in taste sensation. These devices typically incorporate two or more electrodes that are placed on a particular target (e.g., on both sides of the tongue). Gustometers are used primarily to assess local taste acuity (e.g., in the diagnosis of taste disturbances); they are also sometimes used in the neurophysiology or ear-nose-throat departments for differential diagnosis of Bell's palsy.,SPN: A gustometer is a battery-powered device that consists of two electrodes that are intended to be placed on both sides of the tongue at different taste centers and that provides a galvanic stimulus resulting in taste sensation. It is used for assessing the sense of taste.
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