autophony
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Noun edit
autophony (uncountable)
- The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
- Synonyms: autophonia, tympanophony, tympanophonia
- (medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.[1]
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References edit
- ^ 1839, Robley Dunglison, “AUTOPHONY”, in Medical Lexicon. A New Dictionary of Medical Science, […], 2nd edition, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, successors to Carey and Co., →OCLC: