autophony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
  2. 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.

Word forms

autophony

Etymology

From auto- + -phony.

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