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Additionally, many commercially-available olfactory tests are slow and may require a trained administrator, making them impractical for use in a short wellness visit or other broad clinical assessment. We tested the performance of the Adaptive Olfactory Measure of Threshold (ArOMa-T) \u2013 a novel odor detection threshold test that employs an adaptive Bayesian algorithm paired with a disposable odorant \u2013 delivery card \u2013 in a non-clinical sample of individuals (n=534) at the 2021 Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, OH. Participants successfully completed the test in under 3 min with a false alarm rate of 9.6% and a test-retest reliability of 0.61. Odor detection thresholds differed by sex (\u223c3.2-fold lower for females) and age (\u223c8.7-fold lower for the youngest versus the oldest age group), consistent with prior studies. 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