No significant linear relationship was found between
self-rated taste scores and the objective taste test (see
Figure 3). Participants could not accurately report taste
dysfunction, which was measured by the taste test {y} =
0.11, p = 0.74). Four of the nine participants who rated
their tasting ability as very good recognized less than
75% of the tasting solutions, and six of the 21 participants
who rated their tasting as poor recognized more
than 90% of the samples.