hypophonia

English

Etymology

hypo- +‎ phono- +‎ -ia

Noun

hypophonia (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The condition of having a quiet voice; inability to speak loudly.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     She would have to make a notable effort to speak, but the effort notwithstanding she would speak a whisper quite different in quality from the hypophonia she had shown in her pre-DOPA days.